The People of St Saviour’s Church at Oxford Street & Acton
Tracking some of the names and families associated with St Saviour’s Deaf Church from London Metropolitan Archives.
Research group South East
Letting in the light: architecture for a Deaf Church
When London’s only church for deaf people moved from Oxford Street to Acton, the architecture was carefully designed for signed services.
Searching for Walter Ridpath
Attracted by spotting some distinctive drawings, Gillian Doherty goes in search of Walter Ridpath, who was once at resident at Normansfield Hospital.
Stimulating the Senses: How Normansfield Hospital used performance
Anna Ellis finds memories of an enlightened approach at Normansfield Hospital, very different to many Victorian asylums.
Some artwork from the Canterbury Pageant
Here is some of the artwork produced at the Beaney in Canterbury, during the Medieval Pageant.
Deciphering the handwriting of the past at Chiswick House
Nina on the difficulty of deciphering other people’s handwriting in historical documents, and the quest to find women’s lives at Chiswick Asylum.
The medieval equivalent of Boots?
In which Ben McLoughlin finds the good bits in the ‘spectacularly dry’ Chronicles of the Maison Dieu, so you don’t have to…
Unravelling the life of Francis Peter Gervais
A Northern Irish landowner, preoccupied with refuting those who denied Shakespeare’s authorship, emerges from Aliide Naylor’s research into Chiswick House Asylum.
To the Langdon Down Centre theatre and museum
Volunteer Ruby visits Langdon Down and gives an introduction to the site, its theatre and museum.