Queen Victoria was its patron, and in 1899 it had about 7,000 branches.
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Church of England Temperence Society
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Temperence Fountain - W8
We wondered if the verse, by Robert Nicoll, was from a hymn, as the scansion ...
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Robert Browning Settlement
Inspired by East End schemes such as Toynbee Hall, this Settlement was established by Francis Herbert Stead (1857 – 1928, brother of W. T. Stead). Francis was Congregationalist minister at York St...
2 memorials
Sir John Morden
Born in London. He amassed a fortune in Turkey, and returning to Britain he joined the East India Company. The near loss of three of his ships prompted him to help merchants who were experiencing d...
2 memorials
Guinness Trust / Guinness Partnership
From the Picture source: "In 1890 Sir Edward Guinness set up The Guinness Trust, donating £200,000 to the Trust in London, with an additional £50,000 for the Dublin Fund, which later became the Ive...
1 memorial
John Townsend
Nonconformist minister.  Born Whitechapel.  Minister at Kingston, Bermondsey and then the Orange Street Chapel.  1807 co-founder of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Old Kent Road, which he part...
1 memorial
United St Saviour’s Charity / Corporation of Wardens of the Parish of St Saviour’s
Southwark St Saviour was a civil parish and part of the ancient Borough of Southwark. It was formed in 1541 from the union of the parishes of St Margaret and St Mary. In 1899 it lost its governanc...
1 memorial
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