1884: Clergyman Samuel Barnett and his wife Henrietta...
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1884
Clergyman Samuel Barnett
and his wife Henrietta
founded Toynbee Hall in Commercial Street in the London slum of Whitechapel, the first settlement house designed as a centre of help for the local poor, run...
1884: The East End Dwellings Company was formed...
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1884
The East End Dwellings Company
was formed in London, with the aim of providing housing for members of the very poor who were not aided by other housing reform initiatives.
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
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March 1906: A company was set up, largely through the...
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March 1906
A company was set up, largely through the efforts of Henrietta Barnett
, for the development of Hampstead Garden Suburb just north of London, as a community including people of all classes and income levels.