A youth work pioneer who produced an early comprehensive youth work text - and helped to found the London Union of Girls Clubs. Daughter of Lady Stanley. Founded the Soho Club and Home for Working Girls. See the Picture Source website for details.
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Maud(e) Stanley
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Spirit of Soho Mural
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Rachel McMillan
Health visitor and educator. Born at Throggs Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She and her sister Margaret...
1 memorial
Hoxton Market Christian Mission
Founded by John and Lewis Burtt. Described by Charles Booth as a "soup kitchen and refuge for the poor". Janet Seale wrote to us in 2013: "I used to attend Sunday School at Hoxton Market Christian ...
1 memorial
Hospital of St Anthony
Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to set up a hospital, which over time consisted of almshouses for the poor, a church and a school. After the dissolution of t...
1 memorial
St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
Benjamin Waugh
Social reformer and minister. Born in Settle, Yorkshire. Whilst working in the slums of Greenwich, he became appalled at the deprivations and cruelties suffered by children. He wrote 'The Gaol Crad...
4 memorials
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