The Lady Margaret Hall Settlement

The Lady Margaret Hall Settlement was set up at 129 Kennington Road in 1897 by Dr. Talbot, the Bishop of Rochester, to help bridge the gap between rich and poor and the parochial and other organisations operating in North Lambeth and the Vauxhall area. Many initiatives were emerging in London at the time, particulary in East and South East London, to alleviate suffering and inequality caused by poverty and deprivation given the lack of welfare state at the time.

"To establish a community or settlement of ladies in connection with the church of England and with Lady Margaret Hall in the University of Oxford with the purpose and object of doing religious, social and educational work in Lambeth or elsewhere within the Administrative county of London".

Educated young people, especially young women enjoying a university education for the first time such as the students of Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford, were motivated to live and work among the poor.

More on the Settlement's history to come soon, along with a wealth of archive imagery and material.