This plaque features Annie Besant. It's located at 22 Hanbury Street Spitalfields.
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Hanbury Hall Built 1719 as a French Huguenot Church. Used by La Patente Church 1740 onwards. John Wesley preached here. 1787 it became a German Lutheran Church. Used by the Baptists then the United Free Methodists. Charles Dickens gave public readings here. 1887 Christ Church bought the building as its Church Hall. 1888 Annie Besant and Eleanor Marx-Aveling held the matchstick girls strike meetings here which helped to establish the British Trade Unions. Throughout its life this hall has served Church, community and nation.
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Annie Besant was born on 1 January, 1847. They died on 1 January, 1933. They lived to the age of 86.
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Connection of type 'located' between Annie Besant, Charles Dickens, Eleanor Marx, and Matchgirls' strike blue plaque and 22 Hanbury Street Spitalfields