All Contributions from Leanne Newman
Henrietta Barnett and Vallance Gardens
Vallance Gardens, Vallance Road | Leanne Newman
Henrietta Barnett and her husband, Samuel, moved to Whitechapel in 1872 when Samuel became the vicar of St Jude's Church. Henrietta wa...
Kate Marion Hall and The Whitechapel Museum
Whitechapel Gallery, former Whitechapel Library | Leanne Newman
In 1895, Kate Marion Hall, (1861-1919), was appointed Curator of the Whitechapel Museum making her the first woman in the country to h...
Friends' burial ground in Whitechapel (now Vallance Gardens)
Vallance Gardens, Vallance Road | Leanne Newman
Image from Mrs Basil Holmes, London Burial Grounds: Notes on their history from earliest times to the present day, Macmillan, 1896.