Besant Court (London)

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Besant Court, Newington Green
Fifties block of flats: is it named after Annie or Walter Besant? Annie (1847-1933)was involved with Edward Aveling who was a native of Stoke Newington, Walter (1836-1901), her brother-in-law, wrote about the area along with most of the rest of London.

The Mildmay conference centre was replaced by Besant Court between 1952 and 1959, with 70 dwellings in eleven-storeyed and five-storeyed blocks.
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Coordinates:   51°32'59"N   -0°5'9"E
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