Title

'Poplar Almshouses Founded In The Seventeenth Century', 1926, (c1935). Creator: W Whiffin.

Caption

'Poplar Almshouses Founded In The Seventeenth Century', 1926, (c1935). Woman standing outside Hester Hawes almshouses at Bow Lane in the East End of London. In 1696, Hester or Esther Hawes left money in her will for charitable housing for 'six poor widows'. The buildings were demolished in 1953. From "Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D54_177

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,2Mb (2,3Mb) / 13,5in x 17,0in / 4056 x 5105 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building buildings London England female women woman people architecture marriage housing British poor poverty century architectural Britain charity thirties lady concept United Kingdom twenties B&W poplar MONOCHROME alms publication black & white black and white B W 1930s 1920s widow 20th century Tower Hamlets The Print Collector almshouse Almshouses charitable institution TGN widowed outside Wonderful London photograph John Arthur St John Adcock Adcock John Adcock W Whiffin Whiffin W Arthur St John Arthur St John Adcock photograph