Founded as the Labourer's Friend Society by Lord Shaftesbury intending to improve working class conditions. It was keen on the provision of allotments. 1844 it changed its name to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes.Incorporated by Royal Charter 1850. In 1959, the company became the 1830 Housing Society, which was taken over in 1965 by the Peabody Trust.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes
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Nottingham House
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1 memorial
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2 memorials
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2 memorials
William Willett
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2 memorials
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1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
A. C. E. Tidy
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Walter Raleigh statue
SE10, King William Walk, Discover Greenwich
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2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
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1 memorial
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