A scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1879 consolidated the separate almshouses in Westminster founded by James Palmer, Nicholas Butler and Emery Hill, into the United Westminster Almshouses which were built in Rochester Row in 1881-2.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
United Westminster Almshouses
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Emery Hill bust
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James Palmer bust
The plaque immediately below the bust is blank but there are 4 others below t...
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Metropolitan Asylums Board
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Edward Alleyn’s Foundation / Dulwich Estate
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English Heritage
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Westminster City Council
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UCL School of Pharmacy
Founded in 1842 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and initially based at 17, Bloomsbury Square. The current building in Brunswick Square was designed by Herbert Rowse, was began in 19...
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