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History
Today’s 'Walcot Foundation' is made up of four charities – two bearing the name Walcot, another Hayle’s and another Mosley.
The Walcot Charity and Foundation
Edmund Walcot is our principal benefactor.
By his Will of 1667 he left 17 acres of land in North Lambeth which was to generate money for the relief of the poor The charity rightly bears his name as a record of his generosity, and has existed for almost three hundred and fifty years for the benefit of Lambeth people.
Brixton or Allington Hundred, extract from 'Surria Vernacule Surrey' (A 'hundred' was an ancient administrative area). This shows the small footprint of the city of London during Edmund Walcott's day and the gradual expansion over London Bridge into North Lambeth.
The Hayle’s Charity
The Hayle's Charity
gained its name rather by accident. A parcel of land was purchased by the rector and churchwardens of St Mary Lambeth for the sum of £300, and the income from this ground used for the poor of the parish of St Mary at Lambeth. This had been made possible using 'surplus' monies raised by public subscription at the time of the Restoration for making improvements to the churchyard and Church Street (now Lambeth Road). The land was bought from Robert Hayle, a citizen and haberdasher of London, and Ann his wife. They sold it at the (then) current market value, and by historical accident have had their names remembered by posterity.
Cynthia Mosley Charity
In 2009 the Foundation agreed to a request from Lambeth Council to become the trustee of a 20th century charity set up in memory of Cynthia Mosley. More.
Administration of the charities
Throughout most of their history and up until the mid 20th century, our charities were administered by the rector and churchwardens of St Mary's Church Lambeth. Nowadays they are administered by an independent board of trustees known as Governors and a small professional staff based at the Foundation's offices in Kennington Road, London.
Survey of London (Vol 23)
St Mary-at-Lambeth
Who was Edmund Walcot?
A History of the Lambeth Endowed Charities by Maud Zimmermann. First published in 2002. Copies available at £4.00 (plus p&P). |
Edmund Walcot is our principal benefactor. By his Will of 1667 he left 17 acres of land in North Lambeth which was to generate money for the relief of the poor.
On 1 December 1671 a conveyance was
obtained by the rector and churchwardens from
Robert and Ann Hayle
' ...all that piece or
parcel of ground lying
in the St. George's Fields, in the Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, called Six-Acre Piece.