Established in the East End as the Bedford Institute Association to act on Education, Religious Effort, Moral Training, and Relief of the sick and destitute. Named for the Quaker silk merchant and philanthropist, Peter Bedford.
1893 they were given Hoxton Hall in William Isaac Palmer's will. 1998 renamed as Quaker Social Action and a new 99-year lease on Hoxton Hall was issued.
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Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action
Hoxton Hall. Built 1863 as a music hall. Owned since 1893 by Bedford Institu...
It was the principal elementary school in Wimbledon Village, run as a charity school for poor children. Amongst its trustees was William Wilberforce who lived locally. Lord Nelson also donated mone...
Originally an association of fur traders, it is now an educational and charitable institution. It is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.
The One Tun pub in Perkins Rents was in the infamous area known as the Devil's Acre. The whole area was disrupted and much of it demolished to construct Victoria Street, which opened for use in 185...
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is an independent constituent part of the University of London. On 8 July 1907, King Edward VII granted a Royal Charter establishing the Imperi...
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