Nurse of King Henry VI circa 1420-30. When she retired she rented a house in Giltspur Street from St Bartholomew's Hospital.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dame Joanna Astley
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St Bartholomew's Hospital - Astley
Oh dear, get the wording wrong on a plaque and people are still sniggering ye...
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Royal College of General Practitioners
Founded in London. Instituted in November 1952, and granted its Royal Charter in 1972.
Lt.-Col. Francis A. Brooks, MD, MRCS
Inspecting Officer on staff of Chief Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1899-1935. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The Museum of the Order of S...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Elsdale Street
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...
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital
The hospital's founder was Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. This hospital provides women-centred services including the right of a woman to be treated by a female doctor.
Hunt's House at Guy's Hospital
Another, partial, view of this building here. Â Dates approximate.
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