Corporate Open DS/UK/295 Combined Dockland Settlements; c1895-; British welfare and recreation organisation Combined Dockland Settlements c1895- British welfare and recreation organisation Dockland Settlements

Charity In 1895 Malvern College in Worcestershire started a school mission – as did most other public schools during that period – at Canning Town in London’s East End, for the purpose of bringing welfare and recreation to the youth of the dock area slums, who were mostly unemployed and extremely poverty stricken. The founder of the Dockland Settlements, Sir Reginald Kennedy-Cox, was then a Malvern school boy and during his holidays made several visits to the mission. In due course he went to Oxford and became immensely interested in the theatre, writing plays for West End theatres. Upon his return to the Canning Town slums he purchased property and coined the word “Dockland”. The Dockland Settlements started shortly thereafter and was linked by the backyards to the Malvern Mission cottages. It became known as The Dockland Settlement and Malvern Mission Boys’ Clubs, with Sir Reginald in charge. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 7/17/2012 RAHAKirkbride 5/11/2023 8e156d8f-4412-41a6-a244-28b77beb6c3c