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
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James Palmer bust
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Other Subjects
The Engine Room
From their website: "The Engine Room helps activists, organisations, and other social change agents make the most of data and technology to increase their impact."
1 memorial
Elsie Naisbett MBE
Tenant activist. Â Lived on the Studley Estate in Stockwell for 47 years, and helped a number of estates to transfer to being run by housing associations, along with investment from the Labour gover...
1 memorial
Cleveland Street Workhouse
Created with an Act of Parliament in 1775, initially for the parish of St Paul in Covent Garden, this is the most intact example of an 18th century workhouse institution left standing in London. Jo...
1 memorial
Margaret Mellor
As a Waterloo resident Margaret worked from about 1972 on community planning in Waterloo. Â Her main aims have been to increase social housing for families and green open space for everyone. Â She co...
1 memorial
Irene Barclay
Née Martin. In 1922 she became the first woman chartered surveyor and for 51 years until her retirement in 1973 she ran her own business. She was one of the people who shaped the organisation of ho...
1 memorial
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