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Bespoke Tailors' Benevolent Association

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60: 29: 90:. Its founder and first president was a successful West End tailor named John Stultz. It purchased land at the south end of Queens Crescent, just off 186: 78:
no longer able to work due to blindness, illness or old age, and those tailors' spouses. As of 2022, it was run by ten trustees and 15 volunteers.
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in north London, where between 1842 and 1843 it built the Tailors' Asylum. This consisted of ten
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Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Journeymen Tailors
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style designed by T Meyer. On 6 July 1859 it was granted a
133:. The charity's records before 1965 are now at the 117:In 1937, the Institution sold off the site to the 183:"THE BESPOKE TAILORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION" 8: 86:It was formed on 10 February 1837 as the 63:The Tailors' Asylum on its original site. 45:51.54640015387067°N 0.15413354233363655°W 187:Charity Commission for England and Wales 58: 145: 69:Bespoke Tailors' Benevolent Association 50:51.54640015387067; -0.15413354233363655 159: 157: 155: 153: 151: 149: 7: 25: 165:"Tailors Benevolent Institution" 106:, all in brick and stone in the 201:"Illustrated London News, 1843" 131:Shaftesbury Housing Association 125:and in 1952, to a third one in 238:1837 establishments in England 1: 135:London Metropolitan Archives 264: 243:Charities based in London 169:Lost Hospitals of London 71:is a charity supporting 100:Charles James Blomfield 64: 219:The National Archives 119:London County Council 62: 18:Tailors' Asylum 41: /  65: 248:Clothing industry 16:(Redirected from 255: 223: 222: 211: 205: 204: 197: 191: 190: 179: 173: 172: 161: 104:Bishop of London 56: 55: 53: 52: 51: 46: 42: 39: 38: 37: 34: 21: 263: 262: 258: 257: 256: 254: 253: 252: 228: 227: 226: 213: 212: 208: 199: 198: 194: 181: 180: 176: 163: 162: 147: 143: 92:Haverstock Hill 84: 49: 47: 43: 40: 35: 32: 30: 28: 27: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 261: 259: 251: 250: 245: 240: 230: 229: 225: 224: 206: 192: 174: 144: 142: 139: 83: 80: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 260: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 235: 233: 220: 216: 210: 207: 202: 196: 193: 188: 184: 178: 175: 170: 166: 160: 158: 156: 154: 152: 150: 146: 140: 138: 136: 132: 128: 124: 123:South Croydon 120: 115: 113: 112:royal charter 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 81: 79: 77: 74: 70: 61: 57: 54: 19: 209: 195: 177: 168: 116: 87: 85: 68: 66: 26: 48: / 232:Categories 141:References 127:Wandsworth 108:neo-Gothic 96:almshouses 73:journeyman 33:51°32′47″N 36:0°09′15″W 82:History 76:tailors 67:The 234:: 217:. 185:. 167:. 148:^ 137:. 114:. 102:, 221:. 203:. 189:. 171:. 20:)

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Tailors' Asylum
51°32′47″N 0°09′15″W / 51.54640015387067°N 0.15413354233363655°W / 51.54640015387067; -0.15413354233363655

journeyman
tailors
Haverstock Hill
almshouses
Charles James Blomfield
Bishop of London
neo-Gothic
royal charter
London County Council
South Croydon
Wandsworth
Shaftesbury Housing Association
London Metropolitan Archives






"Tailors Benevolent Institution"
"THE BESPOKE TAILORS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION"
Charity Commission for England and Wales
"Illustrated London News, 1843"
"Records of the Tailors Benevolent Institution for the Relief of Aged and Infirm"
The National Archives
Categories
1837 establishments in England

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