Place    To 1967

St Anne's Court

Categories: Social Welfare

Countries: France, Switzerland

Place

Haven for political refugees from France and Switzerland and, in modern times, from Eastern Europe.

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St Anne's Court

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Clarion House

Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from...

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Reverend James Palmer

Reverend James Palmer

In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Shelter

Shelter

A charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland. Founded by Bruce Kenrick,  it evolved out of the work on behalf of homeless people being carried on at St Marti...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Southwark Trades Council

Southwark Trades Council

From the website: "Each London borough is served by a trade union council (also known as a trades council or TUC). They are registered by the Trades Union Congress. They are organisations consistin...

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich Hospital

From Greenwich Hospital: "The Royal Charter of William and Mary dated 25 October 1694 established the Royal Hospital for Seamen (latterly known as Greenwich Hospital) as a home for retired seamen o...

Place, Armed Forces, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jew...

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial

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Tower Hill Improvement Trust

Tower Hill Improvement Trust

Created by Tubby Clayton, Dr B R Leftwich, Lord Wakefield and Sir Follett Holt.  Purpose: to improve Tower Hill by removing from it certain ugly buildings which at that time disfigured it and hampe...

Group, Architecture, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden

Originally established in 1673 as The Apothecaries Garden. The word ‘physic’ in this context means ‘healing’. In 1983 the garden became a registered charity and opened to the public for the first t...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Medicine

1 memorial
Nell Deller

Nell Deller

Local community organiser and campaigner. Lived on the Peckwater Estate 1966 - 2003.  A play centre in 1972, some play groups, countless ‘jollies’ to the seaside for tenants - all owe their existen...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial