Newington Academy for Girls
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The Newington Academy for Girls, also known as Newington College for Girls, was a Quaker school established in 1824 in Stoke Newington, then north of London. In a time when girls' educational opportun
Fleetwood House in Stoke Newington which housed Newington Academy for Girls from 1824
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Abney Park
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Abney Park is in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a 13-hectare park dating from just before 1700, named after Lady Abney, the wife of Sir Thomas Abney, Lord Mayor of London in 1700 and one of t
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…eighteenth century. They were neither Quakers nor members of the established church, but Independents or Congregationalists. The school made great use of Abney Park. In the grounds was a third building, called the Summerhouse, but it must have been a proper dwelling, because it was taken from 1774 for summer residence…
Abney Park (within the cemetery) in 2021
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