A scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 11 July 1879 consolidated the separate almshouses in Westminster founded by James Palmer, Nicholas Butler and Emery Hill, into the United Westminster Almshouses which were built in Rochester Row in 1881-2.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
United Westminster Almshouses
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Emery Hill bust
The plaque immediately below the bust is blank but there are 4 others below t...
James Palmer bust
The plaque immediately below the bust is blank but there are 4 others below t...
Other Subjects
Aske's Hospital
About the building, from Shoreditch College: "The first building on {this site} was Aske's Hospital or the Haberdashers' Alms Houses, erected 1690-93 to designs of Robert Hooke ... for the Worshipf...
2 memorials
Stanley G. Shaw
Worked for the St. Pancras Housing Society from 1929 to 1958.
1 memorial
Rachel McMillan
Health visitor and educator. Born at Throggs Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She and her sister Margaret...
1 memorial
Shepherds Bush Housing Association
Founded in the late 1960’s by members of St Stephen's Church in Shepherds Bush who were becoming increasingly concerned by the appalling conditions some parishioners lived in. Now known as Shepherd...
1 memorial
Captain Thomas Coram
Born Lyme Regis, Dorset, where there is now a commemorative tower. Pioneer in the cause of child welfare. He became a Captain in the Merchant Navy trading between England and America. For several ...
3 memorials
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