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Founder of Toynbee Hall: Henrietta Barnett

The History of Toynbee Hall – A Timeline

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I find much to justify hope that, if not in our time, in some time, the forces at work will make a happier and better East London." Samuel Barnett

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Toynbee Hall Theatre — Toynbee Hall Theatre
Learning

Toynbee Hall and Trade Unions — Toynbee Hall and Trade Unions
Rights

Toynbee Hall and Housing — Toynbee Hall and Housing
Housing

Icons of Toynbee Hall: Thomas Hill Green — Icons of Toynbee Hall: Thomas Hill Green
Learning

Icons of Toynbee Hall: John Alfred Spender — Icons of Toynbee Hall: John Alfred Spender
Community

Samuel Barnett and the East End Dwellings Company — Samuel Barnett and the East End Dwellings Company
Housing

Icons of Toynbee Hall: Charles Ashbee — Icons of Toynbee Hall: Charles Ashbee
Learning

Icons of Toynbee Hall: Ambrose Appelbe — Icons of Toynbee Hall: Ambrose Appelbe
Rights

Founder of Toynbee Hall: Henrietta Barnett — Founder of Toynbee Hall: Henrietta Barnett
Charity & Welfare

Toynbee Hall’s Olympic Heritage: Pierre de Coubertin — Toynbee Hall’s Olympic Heritage: Pierre de Coubertin
Learning

Icons of Toynbee Hall: Arnold Toynbee — Icons of Toynbee Hall: Arnold Toynbee
Learning

Icons of Toynbee Hall: William Beveridge — Icons of Toynbee Hall: William Beveridge
Learning

The Buildings of Toynbee Hall — The Buildings of Toynbee Hall
Housing

Founder of Toynbee Hall: Samuel Barnett — Founder of Toynbee Hall: Samuel Barnett
Charity & Welfare

Bangladeshi Innovators at Toynbee Hall — Bangladeshi Innovators at Toynbee Hall
Community

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