Erection date: 1840
{Beneath the Thackeray family coat of arms with the motto 'Tenez le Droit' (Uphold the right):}
Built and endowed in 1840, for six aged females, by John Thackeray of the Priory, Lewisham, who died on the 13th day of May 1851.
This plaque must have initially been erected without the last section of text, "who died...".
SE6, Rushey Green
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lewisham Almshouses
Philanthropist. He was a wealthy benefactor, particularly to Lewisham and Chr...
The home of philanthropist John Thackeray. It was built in the gothic style w...
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On this site stood Emanuel Hospital, founded 1594 by Lady Dacre, re-established 1883, as Emanuel School.
Our photograph of the Lorraine Wilson plaque was taken before the foliage started obscuring it.
Greater London Council George Meredith, O.M., 1828-1909, poet and novelist, lived here.
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