Place To 1967

St Anne's Court

Categories: Social Welfare

Countries: France, Switzerland

Haven for political refugees from France and Switzerland and, in modern times, from Eastern Europe.

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St Anne's Court

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Clarion House

Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from...

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From the Irish Times: "In the grim 1950s, 40,000 people left Ireland every year to emigrate to Britain. They built the roads and repaired the bombed out buildings of post-war Britain. They staffed ...

Group, Social Welfare, Ireland

1 memorial

Sister Nivedita

Social worker and author. Born Margaret Elizabeth Noble, in Dungannon, County Tyrone. She came to London, where in 1895 she met Swami Vivekananda. She became his follower and travelled to India wit...

Person, Literature, Social Welfare, India, Ireland

1 memorial

Doreen (Dorrit) Collins

Sculptor, artist and co-founder with Eddy Renton of the charity Kith and Kids.

Person, Art, Sculpture, Social Welfare

1 memorial

Jim Veal

Chairman of the Tenants & Residents Association which campaigned for the redevelopment of the Caledonian Market Estate and the creation (from 2005) of new homes for the local community.

Person, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare

1 memorial

Reverend James Palmer

In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...

Person, Religion, Social Welfare

2 memorials

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Bermondsey war memorial

SE16, West Lane

Quotations come from John Maxwell Edmonds and Laurence Binyon.

8 subjects commemorated, 2 creators

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Faranak

Artist based in Lambeth, active c.2018.

Person, Art

17 memorials

Noel Harvey

15th London

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

General Letter Office

We did not find the website of The British Postal Museum & Archive terribly helpful whereas The Wargrave Local History Society is far more informative and with reference to the GLO says: "Char...

Building, Commerce

1 memorial

Stoke Newington Town Hall

Designed by the architect J. Reginald Truelove in the art deco style. Its assembly hall became popular with a variety of entertainments. In 1965 Stoke Newington was absorbed into the Borough of Hac...

Building, Politics & Administration

1 memorial