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The Bermondsey Settlement was a settlement house founded in Bermondsey, South-East London, by the Rev'd John Scott Lidgett. It was the only Methodist foundation among the settlements that appeared in the late 19th and early 20th century.
It established 'settlement houses' in poor urban areas, in which middle-class volunteers would live, and share their knowledge and culture, in the hope of alleviating the poverty of their low-income neighbours.
Rev. John Scott Lidgett (1854-1953) established Bermondsey Settlement in 1891. It was to be the only Methodist settlement and provided an opportunity for better-off Methodists to live in a deprived area and to share the lives of people there.
Mar 14, 2021 · Bermondsey takes its name from a Saxon landowner. It was Beormund’s eg. The word eg meant an island, a promontory of land or in this case an ‘island’ of dry land surrounded by marsh. In the Middle Ages, a Cluniac Abbey stood in the heart of the settlement.
The Bermondsey Settlement was a settlement house founded in Bermondsey, South-East London, by the Rev. John Scott Lidgett. It was the only Methodist foundation among the settlements that appeared in the late 19th and early 20th century, and like other settlement houses it offered social, health and educational services to the poor of its ...
Bermondsey Settlement was founded by the Rev Scott Lidgett of the Methodist church for boys and girls of fourteen whose education had finished school. It began in 1892 in Farncombe Street and had a lecture room, gym and library.
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It became a centre for social settlements, and university and other missions. A range of innovative and influential works emerged. The settlements, in particular, looked to social action. Local people also organized themselves through unions, political parties, and a range of local groups.
