Group    From 1862 

Putney Pest House Charity

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Set up in 1862 and still awarding small grants.

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Putney Pest House Charity

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Putney Pest House Charity

Putney Labourers Cottages Erected on land belonging to the Pest House Charity...

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John Townsend

John Townsend

Nonconformist minister.  Born Whitechapel.   Minister at Kingston, Bermondsey and then the Orange Street Chapel.  1807 co-founder of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Old Kent Road, which he part...

Person, Philanthropy, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Park Lane Group

Park Lane Group

From their website: This is a charity which "Given the free use of Park Lane House, 45 Park Lane, London W1 in 1956..." gives opportunities to young musicians.

Group, Music / songs, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Mary Overie

Mary Overie

Traditions vary but one is that Mary was the daughter of John Overs, a very successful Thames ferryman in the tenth century.  She gave her inherited wealth to fund a convent which became St Mary Ov...

Fiction, Philanthropy, Religion

1 memorial
Edward Alleyn’s Foundation / Dulwich Estate

Edward Alleyn’s Foundation / Dulwich Estate

From their website: "We are The Dulwich Estate, a registered charity established by our founder Edward Alleyn in 1619 to offer educational opportunities to disadvantaged children. As a charity, we ...

Group, Education, Philanthropy, Property, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Vinegar factory owner, philanthropist and politician. MP for Hackney. Born Switzerland. The family's brewery (first gin and then vinegar) was at Cuper's Gardens, Lambeth - demolished when Waterloo ...

Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Switzerland

1 memorial

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Doctor Who

Television programme broadcast by BBC One since 1963. It was originally intended to be an educational programme using time travel as a means to explore scientific ideas and famous moments in histor...

Fiction, Fictional, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio

7 memorials