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 was …
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 hol…
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.