First female mayor of Camberwell. She was active in many committees, covering the arts, libraries, hospitals, children’s welfare and housing. She also advocated the need for more green space in London. Burgess Park in Camberwell is named for her.
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Jessie Burgess
The plaque is one of a series in the Burgess Park Heritage Trail. They are us...
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Born Bath, Somerset. Editor and eventually proprietor of the Manchester Guardian. He was a Liberal member of parliament from 1895 to 1905 and embraced the causes of female suffrage and a Jewish nat...
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
A Commissioner for the 1892Â Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses. Â 1889 co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. Charles Christmas Piper was born in New Alresford, Hampshire, t...
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