Farncombe Street
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2017 2:17 pm
Bermondsey Settlement --- Farncombe Street
The only Methodist Foundation that opened in the late 19th Century, but like other settlements it offered social, health and educational services to the poor people of the area.
It opened in 1892 and served the Community until 1967, being demolished in 1969.
The Brainchild of the Rev. John Scott Lidgett, the Settlement had many notable residents, Hugh Price Hughes, founder of the Methodist Times, Dr C W Kimmins, Inspector of Education of the LCC, and Dr Alfred Salter and his wife who championed Bermondsey's plight to alleviate poverty.
The Picture of the Settlement Building is seen next to a school - I believe the school is the one that still stands today in Bevington Street and from the map of 1916 it appears that the Settlement Building was next door to the school. Farncombe Street was once the prominent street in the area which ran from Jamaica Road to Bermondsey Wall, but since redevelopment it has all changed and Farncombe Street is now a cul de sac.
Today's picture is viewed from Bovington Street.
The only Methodist Foundation that opened in the late 19th Century, but like other settlements it offered social, health and educational services to the poor people of the area.
It opened in 1892 and served the Community until 1967, being demolished in 1969.
The Brainchild of the Rev. John Scott Lidgett, the Settlement had many notable residents, Hugh Price Hughes, founder of the Methodist Times, Dr C W Kimmins, Inspector of Education of the LCC, and Dr Alfred Salter and his wife who championed Bermondsey's plight to alleviate poverty.
The Picture of the Settlement Building is seen next to a school - I believe the school is the one that still stands today in Bevington Street and from the map of 1916 it appears that the Settlement Building was next door to the school. Farncombe Street was once the prominent street in the area which ran from Jamaica Road to Bermondsey Wall, but since redevelopment it has all changed and Farncombe Street is now a cul de sac.
Today's picture is viewed from Bovington Street.