Walking Tour: Upper Holloway: Whittington, Workhouses and Birth Control
Walking Tour: Upper Holloway: Whittington, Workhouses and Birth Control
18 September 2024 Comments Off on Walking Tour: Upper Holloway: Whittington, Workhouses and Birth ControlPart of the Walking the Suffragette line series, explore the area around Upper Holloway station
Discover Upper Holloway on this entertainng historical walk. Marie Stopes established her first birth control clinic locally; a local workhouse held German civilians during the First World War; the Royal Northern hospital was a mainstay of local health provision, and the Manor Gardens children’s health centre was groundbreaking in its ambition to improve the awful child mortality statistics. Learn about the goblins of Tavistock Terrace, the topiary cat in Whittington Park and the origins of the Beaux Arts residential complex – all a short walk from Upper Holloway