Almshouses built in the early 19th century. They were originally known as the Licensed Victuallers' Benevolent Institution Asylum. In this case, the word 'asylum' didn't indicate a home for mental ...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
The charity provides care, culture and community to the Irish across London, working from the iconic London Irish Centre in Camden Town.
A charity founded as part of the settlement movement, in tribute to philanthropist Katherine Mackay Low who had died the year before. It supports after-school projects and a youth club for young pe...
Born London. Lawyer and positivist. Supporter of many social causes. He introduced Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Edward Byrne-Jones. Died 36 Kensington Square.
Feminist and social reformer. Daughter of John & Margaret Gladstone. Born 17 Pembridge Square, her mother dying soon after. Brought up to do good works, she became a socialist, joined the Labou...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
Concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mo...
Incorporated by royal charter in 1854, possibly on 7th April. Still operating in 1928.
A strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory. Annie Besant had published an article about the poor working conditions at the factory, 'White Slavery in London'. Thi...
This image comes from Google Steet View of April 2015. The 1871 map shows either a large house or a public building on this site, still there in 1913. The 1938 Hackney Report on the Sanitary Condi...
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