This plaque is in memory of the
Crawley and Ifield Hospital 1896-1938,
the Bethnal [Bethel- Ed] Chapel 1858-2002, the general post office 1895-1928,
and the British School 1854-1916,
founded by the quaker Sarah Robinson
“These words are just a tribute
To those places here no more
Our lovely little Bethnal [Bethel] Chapel
Where people were buried next door”
“The Sarah Robinson little school
A Hospital, post office, places we knew
They were all part of old Crawley
Robinson Road, favourite of all”
Pam Chappell 2004
Photo 1907 – The Francis Frith Collection
ROBINSON ROAD [FORMERLY POST OFFICE ROAD]
ROBINSON ROAD [NORTH OF THE RAILWAY LINE – FIRST ROAD TO LEFT AFTER LEVEL CROSSING – DEAD END]
Photo [above] provided by Edward Stephen Smith – with thanks [in Crawley Museum]
BETHEL CHAPEL [CRAWLEY BAPTIST CHURCH]
CRAWLEY AND IFIELD COTTAGE HOSPITAL
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol6/pt3/pp72-73