The first indoor meeting of the mission which became The Salvation Army was held here on 3rd September 1865.
Tower Hamlets Environment Trust
E1, New Road, 23
Booth moved his meetings which had begun in the summer in a tent inside as the winter approached. The building was known as the Assembly Rooms or Professor Orson's Dancing Academy (its week-time use).
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Salvation Army - indoors
A Protestant church internationally renowned for its charitable works. Founde...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Salvation Army - indoors
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
The two plaques appear to be back to back; the outside one being the foundation stone and the inside one the opening stone. To the left,...
Difficult to photograph the whole building. We believe it extends across 7 window bays, our picture showing only the 5 left-most.
Both lists gives the age of each person and, for the visitors, their home address. Of the 64 adults, 42 are female, reflecting the fact t...
Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal olympian, lived at this address 1949 - 1960. Chinara Enterpr...
Nearby Chiswick House was in the Cavendish family, 1758–1929, which explains their association with this church. The church's website sa...
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