The Jew's Hospital and Orphan Asylum on the west side of Knight's Hill was designed by Messrs Tillott & Chamberlain and opened in 1863. Originally part of one of the oldest Jewish charitable institutions in England founded in 1806 by B & A Goldsmid in Mile End as a orphanage and hospital. It moved to Norwood in 1861 when Mr Barnet Meyers gave this nine and a half acre site to the charity. The orphanage continued until the children were evacuated during World War II, with the main building eventually closing in 1961 and demolished.
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Collection: | Postcard Albums |
Image type: | Photograph |
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Ref: | 09992 |
Identifier: | PC/SP/5295 |
Date: | c.1930 |
#1926 - 1950 #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS #People #Photograph #Postcard Albums #WELFARE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS #WEST NORWOOD