Plaque

Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor

Erection date: 28/5/1841

Inscription

This stone was laid by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge assisted by the Right Reverend, the Lord Bishop of Winchester on the 28 Day of May AD 1841.

Site: Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor (1 memorial)

SE1, Lambeth Road, 52, School of Historical Dress

The School of Historical Dress purchased the freehold in 2016. From their Facebook page: The building was erected in 1841 as The Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor. It has four floors, three of which have a splayed ward at one end. ...

"In 1916/17 the building was annexed by the Bethlehem Hospital (now the Imperial War Museum opposite us) as the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, which we suspect meant that men returning from the First World War were treated here for PTSD. More recently the building has served as a hostel and community centre for homeless people."

Bethlem Museum of the Mind holds: "Register of outpatients attending the Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Bethlem's outpatient department based at 52 Lambeth Road from 1919 to 1927."

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Royal South London Dispensary for the Working Poor

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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

Born at Buckingham House (later Palace) seventh son of King George III. Creat...

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Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester

Charles Richard Sumner KG was a Church of England bishop. Consecrated  Bishop...

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