Tales from the Refuge

TALK on Thursday 25 September 2014, 6pm

This talk is a joint event with Hackney Archives. Megan Webber and Claudia Jessop will speak about the Refuge for the Destitute, a charitable institution which opened in Hackney in 1807 with the aim of providing ‘a place of refuge for persons discharged from the hulks, unfortunate and deserted females, and others… who cannot procure an honest maintenance’.

FREE to all.

Meet

Hackney Archives, Dalston Square, London E8 3BQ, 6pm

To Book

Booking essential. To book, email archives@hackney.gov.uk or phone 020 8356 8925