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
Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes incorporated b...
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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
Rev. R. Henley
Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862. Listed as "The Hon. and Revd. R. Henley - Incumbent" on the Pest House plaque. Vicar of St Mary's Putney in 1886.
2 memorials
Gatehouse Square, Southwark
Social housing and nearby workshops designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and funded by the Sea Containers Group.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Frieze of Parnassus - Hogarth
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Edward VII
WC1, High Holborn, 114 - 115, Kingsgate House
The sculptor's name is inscribed on the stone below the feet.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
E. W. C. Hayes
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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