Burney Street Garden Project
An offshoot of the Greenwich Society, which has restored previously derelict sites.
Greenwich Workshop for the Blind
The London Metropolitan Archive holds records for the Greenwich Workshop for the Blind, 1875-1960. and explains: "The Greenwich Workshop for the Blind, began as the Workshop for the Blind of Kent,...
Almshouse Association
The Almshouse Association was formed in 1946 at a meeting held in the Chapter House of Southwark Cathedral. Initially restricted to London, in 1950 it went national. The objects of the Association...
South Hackney Parochial Charities
South Hackney Parochial Charity was constituted under a trust deed dated 6th November 1900 as varied by the Charity Commission Scheme dated 27th September 1968. The charity’s main objective is the ...
Florence Helena Du Vergier
Florence Helena Du Vergier. Alderman & Councillor of Hackney 1923-53, Vice-chairman of Hackney's Housing and Town Planning Committee in 1935 (at least), Chair in 1937 (at least) and Mayor 1943-...
Person, Education, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration
Henry Walter Fincham, F.S.A.
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890. Henry Walter Fincham was born on 27 February 1859, the youngest of the four children of Henry Fincham (1812-1887) and Mary Ann Finc...
John James Potts
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890. John James Potts was born in 1861 in Islington, Middlesex (now Greater London), his birth being registered in the 3rd quarter of 18...
G. Morris
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890.
Frederick George Scheib
Co-church warden of St James & St John, Clerkenwell in 1890. Frederick George Scheib was born on 4 June 1850, the younger son of Philip Scheib (c.1821 in Germany-1882) and Mary Scheib née Hunt...
