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Thomas Leverton’s Charity Also known as Leverton Charity/Leverton’s Charity
History It was founded in 1824 with money left under the will of Thomas Leverton, architect and surveyor, designer and resident of Bedford Square, and uncle of architect Thomas Leverton Donaldson It was designed to aid deserving women in distress, preferably widows resident in the united parishes of St Giles and St George (www.stgilescharities.org.uk/html/history.html) Leverton also founded charity schools In 2005 the Charity was amalgamated with three other local charities, including the Bloomsbury Dispensary, into the St Giles-in-the-Fields and Bloomsbury United Charity (www.stgilescharities.org.uk/html/history.html)	What was reforming about it? It was an attempt by one of Bloomsbury’s richest residents to alleviate the extreme poverty of some of his south Bloomsbury neighbours Where in Bloomsbury Aimed primarily at residents of the combined parish of St Giles and St George, it was always administered by the Vestry of those churches Website of current institution The successor institution is the St Giles-in-the-Fields and Bloomsbury United Charity, www.stgilescharities.org.uk (opens in new window)	Books about it There is an account of its foundation online at Thwww.stgilescharities.org.uk/html/history.html (opens in new window) Archives None found

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