Toynbee Hall
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Toynbee Hall is a charitable institution that works to address the causes and impacts of poverty in the East End of London and elsewhere. Established in 1884, it is based in Commercial Street, Spitalf
Toynbee Hall 2020
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, founders of Toynbee Hall: a portrait by Hubert Herkomer
An East End street in 1902 (Dorset Street, Spitalfields), photographed for Jack London's book The People of the Abyss
Toynbee Hall, circa 1902
Arnold Toynbee was an English economic historian also noted for his social commitment and desire to improve the living conditions of the working classes. Toynbee Hall in London was named in his honour
Toynbee Hall
…by Henrietta and Samuel Barnett in the economically depressed East End, and was named in memory of their friend and fellow reformer, Oxford historian Arnold Toynbee, who had died the previous year. Toynbee Hall continues to strive to bridge the gap between people of all social and financial backgrounds, with a focus…
Arnold Toynbee
Toynbee's name on the Reformers Monument, Kensal Green Cemetery