Stood at Portugal Street / Carey Street from 1839 to 1913, when it moved to Denmark Hill, to a site given to it by WFD Smith, of W.H.Smiths.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King's College Hospital
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Robert Bentley Todd
The statue was originally erected in the great hall of the old King's College...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
King's College Hospital
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Smiths - King's College Hospital
This plaque was placed on the Hospital's centenary. WH Smiths had given the H...
Other Subjects
Beth Holim / Spanish and Portuguese Jewish hospital
This institution, Beth Holim, originated in Leman Street in 1748, moving to Mile End, the site of what is now Albert Stern House, in 1790.  The site was already in use as a Jewish women’s hospital ...
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson
Surgeon and pathologist. He was born on 23 July 1828 in Selby, Yorkshire and our picture source gives a biography of his life. He died, aged 84 years, on 23 June 1913 in Haslemere, Surrey and was ...
Miss J. M. Hoare, MBE
Lady District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1893-1932. Commander (Sister) in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
Sir Henry Wellcome
Born Wisconsin, USA, moved to London in 1880 for business reasons. Pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation. His collection of books & artefacts relating to the history of medic...
Person, Benefactor, Industry, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, USA
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...

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