NOTES: This is an example of the many industrial hostels built throughout the country from 1941 by the Ministry of Supply and the Ministry of Works and Building.
NOTES: This is an example of the many industrial hostels built throughout the country from 1941 by the Ministry of Supply and the Ministry of Works and Building.
NOTES: This is an example of the many industrial hostels built throughout the country from 1941 by the Ministry of Supply and the Ministry of Works and Building.
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 54 NOTES: The Magdalen Hospital, originally located in Goodman's Fields, was a charity founded in 1758 for 'the reception of penitent female prostitutes'. After its relocation to purpose-built accommodation with a chapel in St George's Fields in 1774, it was known as Magdalen House.
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 70 NOTES: The building contained court rooms, dungeons for holding prisoners and living space for the resident judges. It ceased to function as a Court in 1920 when the London Sessions transferred to Newington Causeway, Southwark
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 99 NOTES: The school, adjoining the Royal Hospital, was later known as the Duke of York's Royal Military School. The Duke of York laid the first stone on 19 June, 1801.