Group    From 1830  To 1965

Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes

Categories: Social Welfare

Group

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.

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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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Mr J. Stewart

Mr J. Stewart

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Gatehouse Square, Southwark

Gatehouse Square, Southwark

Social housing and nearby workshops designed by the Greater London Council for Southwark Council and funded by the Sea Containers Group.

Building, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Rhaune Laslett-O'Brien

Born as Freda Pulverness in Stepney but lived most of her life in and around West London.  After WW2 the housing conditions, the poverty and the racial mix in Notting Hill brought out her skills as...

Person, Community / Clubs, Race Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust

Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust

Housing action trusts were non-departmental public bodies, set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in England's inner-city suburbs.

Group, Property, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Pulford Street Site Committee

Pulford Street Site Committee

The Pulford Street Site Fund was responsible for raising the resources necessary, mainly from Westminster residents, with grants from the Ministry of Health and Westminster Council, to build the Ta...

Group, Social Welfare

2 memorials

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Andrew Mellor

Andrew Mellor

WC1, Queen Square

Purchased by the Friends of the Children of Great Ormond Street Hospital in memory of Andrew Mellor. April 2001 Sculptor - Patricia Finch

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Janet Scrutton

Janet Scrutton

Churchwarden of St James's, Piccadilly

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial