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13 de may. de 2024 · Urania Cottage in Shepherd’s Bush, London, was a home for 'fallen women' founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens and Angela Burdett-Coutts. Their vision was to provide a safe place for young women to rehabilitate after serving prison sentences or working on the streets as prostitutes.
Hace 3 días · On a personal level, I was surpised to meet Angela-Burdett Coutts. I have worked for Coutts & Co. in the past but I was not aware of this remarkable lady. Thank you for the edcuation Stacey. Yes, the history is there.
Hace 4 días · Rung during the Procession up Parliament Hill to bless the Holly Lodge Estate on its centenary celebration, after a special mass and before opening the tower for the residents to chime the bells. Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts who lived on the estate gave the bells of St. Anne's, which John Betjeman so loved.
Hace 1 día · Later benefactors included Angela Burdett-Coutts, who from 1854 encouraged practical domestic training, and John Ruskin, who instituted a May Day festival. (fn. 43) Over 100 students, aged 18-25, attended by 1869.
8 de may. de 2024 · One of the benefactors is millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts who has just heard that her stalker of 10 years has been released from prison. As you read about the lives of the girls at the cottage and Angela, who is wary and worried that her stalker has not made contact and doesn't believe he has changed, you really get engrossed in ...
28 de may. de 2024 · In response to the shortage of housing, Samuel Lysons in 1854, following the principles of the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, built 52 artisan dwellings behind Theresa Place in 12 pairs of cottages called Clarence Town (later the south side of Theresa Street) and a long terrace called Alma Place.
11 de may. de 2024 · Apart from my Walter Scott Prize reading, my most recent historical fiction reads include The Household by Stacey Halls, a book about Urania Cottage, a home for fallen women founded by Charles Dickens and Angela Burdett-Coutts, and A Court of Betrayal by Anne O’Brien, the story of Johane de Geneville, the wife of Roger Mortimer.
