Bygone Southend

Benjamin Waugh

4 Runwell Terrace. Southend

The Rev. BenjaminWaugh , a Victorian social reformer, founded the NSPCC, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, in the late 19^th century. He also wrote several well known hymns. When he retired in 1905 he moved to 4 Runwell Terrace where he lived until he died in 1906. He has another plaque in Greewich.