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Moorfields Collection

Background imageMoorfields Collection: George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Bethlem Hospital / 1926

Bethlem Hospital / 1926
or BETHLEM/BEDLAM HOSPITAL The oldest hospital for the treatment of the insane - after the First World War it was moved to Moorfields Date: 1926

Background imageMoorfields Collection: The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; gallery for men

The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; gallery for men
The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building had been moved around many sites

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Grub Street, London, C18

Grub Street, London, C18
Grub Street, near Moorfields, described by Dr. Johnson as much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems. It was named Milton Street in 1830

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Stuart Houses in the Foliated Style

Stuart Houses in the Foliated Style
Stuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the west side of Little Moorfields, 1810. Oak timber house with plaster foliage

Background imageMoorfields Collection: John Wesleys Foundery Chapel, Moorfields, London

John Wesleys Foundery Chapel, Moorfields, London
John Wesleys Foundery (or Foundry) Chapel in Moorfields, London, a former brass cannon foundry used as a chapel from 1739 until 1778

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Old Bethlem Hospital

Old Bethlem Hospital
Engraving depicting Old Bethlem Hospital, Moorfields. circa 1750. Date: circa 1750

Background imageMoorfields Collection: March of the archers

March of the archers
Great marches of archers took place as thousands went out into the fields of Finsbury, Moorfields, Spitalfields and Bethnal Green

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Duke and Duchess of York - Moorfields Eye Hospital

Duke and Duchess of York - Moorfields Eye Hospital
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900-2002)

Background imageMoorfields Collection: London Trade Card - James Rodwell, Upholsterer

London Trade Card - James Rodwell, Upholsterer and Sworn Appraiser, at the Royal Bed and Star, 2nd door from the corner of New Broad Street, facing Bedlam Walk in Moorfields. 18th century

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Invoice from Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Invoice from Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, to Mr Frank Blackley, for the supply of one hundred greetings cards, total cost ten shillings and ten pence. Date: circa 1891

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Moorfields Chapel

Moorfields Chapel
Celebrating HighMass on Christmas Day at Moorfields Roman Catholic chapel Date: 1840

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground Moorfields

Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground Moorfields
Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground, Moorfields, September 15 1784 in the presence of 150, 000 spectators. After a passage of 3 hours and 40 minutes he safely alighted near Ware

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds

Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds
Lunardis ascent from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfields, London. He landed at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 miles away. 15 September 1784

Background imageMoorfields Collection: The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; the gallery for women

The Royal Hospital of Bethlehem; the gallery for women
The hospital also known as Bethlem Royal Hospital or Bedlam was the oldest psychiatric hospital in the world. The building has been moved around many sites

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Vincenzo Lunardi

Vincenzo Lunardi
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian Diplomat who piloted the first balloon flight in England in 1783 at Moorfields in London. Balloon later exhibited at the Pantheon

Background imageMoorfields Collection: Whitefields Tabernacle

Whitefields Tabernacle
The building that replaced an earlier tabernacle erected by Whitefields Calvinistic Methodits in Moorfields. Whitefields first pulpit was a grocers sugar hogshead!


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