Haven for political refugees from France and Switzerland and, in modern times, from Eastern Europe.
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St Anne's Court
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Clarion House
Clarion House stands on an historic site in St Anne's Court which passed from...
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Mr William Aviss
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
1 memorial
Catherine Booth
Evangelist. Born Catherine Mumford in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. She married fellow methodist William Booth in 1855, and they embarked on a preaching tour of the country. Returning to London in 1864, t...
3 memorials
Foundling Hospital
England's first home for abandoned children. Established in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram. From the Museum's Friends Update: "On the afternoon of Wednesday 25 March {1741}, the coat of arms designe...
6 memorials
Stanley G. Shaw
Worked for the St. Pancras Housing Society from 1929 to 1958.
1 memorial
Havelock Ellis
Pioneer in the scientific study of sex. Physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Born 1 St John's Grove (now Rectory Grove), Croydon...
1 memorial
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