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Charing Cross Hospital

Charing Cross Hospital

This hospital was established in 1818 in Suffolk Street as the West London Infirmary and Dispensary. 1821 moved to Villiers Street, becoming known as Charing Cross Hospital in 1827. A new building ...

Place, Medicine

2 memorials
Chelsea Hospital for Women

Chelsea Hospital for Women

Set up in a house at 178 King's Road, this hospital, like many at the time, quickly found its premises too small. It moved into the first hospital to be built dedicated to gynaecological diseases, ...

Group, Medicine

1 memorial
Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden

Originally established in 1673 as The Apothecaries Garden. The word ‘physic’ in this context means ‘healing’. In 1983 the garden became a registered charity and opened to the public for the first t...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Medicine

1 memorial
Miss F. E. Cherry

Miss F. E. Cherry

Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1915-1942. Serving Sister in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak

Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera epidemic - at least 1,618 Lambeth waterfront residents perished and were buried in unmarked graves in the burial ground in Lambeth High Street, now Lambeth Rec...

Group, Medicine, Tragedy

1 memorial
City Pest House

City Pest House

From Islington:The Pest House was built in 1594, in the fields where Bath Street is now situated. It served to isolate those suffering from such incurable or infectious diseases as leprosy and the ...

Building, Medicine

1 memorial
F. Claridge

F. Claridge

District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1950. Commander in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Capt. L. H. R. Claydon, Late RAMC (V)

Capt. L. H. R. Claydon, Late RAMC (V)

Assistant Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1919-1924. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
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