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JEWISH ORPHANAGE, KNIGHT’S HILL, WEST NORWOOD

JEWISH ORPHANAGE, KNIGHT’S HILL, WEST NORWOOD

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