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...
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Bedford Institute / Quaker Social Action
Joseph Allen Baker MP laid this memorial stone on behalf of the Bedford Insti...
Bridewell Palace was given by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to house this school, founded by royal charter in the same year.  In 1867 the school moved to Surrey and changed its name to Ki...
There are several different names which all apply to the same institution. The Central London School District was formed in 1849, when the school district's board acquired a privately owned buildi...
Composer. Born Herbert Norman Howells at High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire. He studied under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music and succeeded Gustav Holst as director of music at St ...
We have decoded the following from British History On-line Opened 1836 as Highbury Vale School with 102 middle school pupils. 1864 the site was enlarged and the school rebuilt as Christ Church Nati...
From their website: "Chelsea College of Arts is one of London's most prestigious art and design colleges." From c.2005 based at the Millbank Prison site.
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