Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Founded by Sir William Hillary and George Hibbert and Thomas Wilson (1777–1849) at a meeting at the London Tavern as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. On 20 Marc...
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Lambeth Savings Bank
Founded at Lambeth Green in 1818. A 1767 map shows 'The Green'. It's not too clear where that was in relation to today's streets, just somewhere in the region of Kennington Road, Carlisle Lane and...
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Jackson and Shaw
Building firm, active 1867, 1872, etc. Based at Earl Street, Westminster. Other work in London: St Pancras Station, Midland Grand Hotel; Home and Colonial Offices; Public Record Office; Lincoln's ...
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Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly ...
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Lambeth Ragged Schools
In 1851 a grand building was constructed to house the Lambeth Ragged Schools of almost 1,000 children: boys to the north and girls to the south. The architect is unknown but probably either William...
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Pearlie kings and queens
The Original Pearly Kings' and Queens' Association was formed in 1911. See also Henry Croft.
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Westminster Hospital Medical School
Students had been taken on at Westminster Hospital almost from its foundation in 1719. The School was formally founded in 1834 by George Guthrie. In 1905, the teaching of pre-clinical subjects end...
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Trafalgar House Construction (Regions) Limited
Trafalgar House was a British conglomerate with interests in property investment, property development, engineering, construction, shipping, hotels, energy and publishing. It was listed on the Lond...
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Convent of the Holy Child Jesus
The Roman Catholic Society of the Holy Child Jesus was founded in a Convent in Derby on 13 October 1846 by US-born Cornelia Connelly (1809 - 1879) and three colleagues. The Convent of the Holy Chil...
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