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Hospital of St Anthony

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Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to set up a hospital, which over time consisted of almshouses for the poor, a church and a school. After the dissolution of the monasteries this was despoiled, given away (for use as a French church) or left to decay. the dates given are approximate.

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Hospital of St Anthony

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Hospital of St Anthony & French Protestant Church

Site of the 13th century Hospital of St Anthony and of the French Protestant ...

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R. E. H. Goffin

R. E. H. Goffin

Robert Edwin Hemblington Goffin was born in 1836 in Highgate, Middlesex, the eldest of the eleven children of John Breeze Goffin (1799-1874) and Martha Goffin née Hall (1810-1891). On 9 October 183...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Grey Coat Hospital / Grey Coat School

Grey Coat Hospital / Grey Coat School

From the school's website: "In 1666, after the Great Fire of London, many inhabitants of the Old City of London moved to the medieval town of Westminster. With its congested and squalid alleys, the...

Group, Education

4 memorials
Sir John Kirk

Sir John Kirk

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Person, Children, Education, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Sunday Schools (centenary)

Sunday Schools (centenary)

Workhouses.org informs that schools for children on Sundays probably happened earlier but the movement started in 1780 when Robert Raikes opened a school in Gloucester.

Concept, Children, Education

1 memorial
Naonobu Sameshima

Naonobu Sameshima

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial

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Private Frank Mathews

Private Frank Mathews

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Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
V&A façade - Bacon

V&A façade - Bacon

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff

ICI - 2 - Mendeleeff

SW1, Millbank, 9, Imperial Chemical House

For an idea of what this area used to be like see this 1894ish map. It was all redeveloped following the 1928 flood. This block was desig...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Colonel Algernon Sidney

Colonel Algernon Sidney

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Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Politics & Administration, Italy

1 memorial
V&A façade - Barry

V&A façade - Barry

SW7, Cromwell Road

Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator