Eleanor Palmer

Eleanor Palmer (died 1558) was an English philanthropist who established a charity to help the poor of Chipping Barnet and Kentish Town, now parts of London.

Her charity still exists and owns and runs almshouses and residential homes for the elderly.

[1] Her memorial plaque in Chipping Barnet church records that she "Dyd geve tow acares of medow ground in Kentishe towne holden of ye prebent of cantelous unto yet use of the poore of this town and of Kentishtowne for ever".

In 1999, The Samuel and Rebecca Byford Charity of Chipping Barnet was merged into the Eleanor Palmer Trust.

[4] Eleanor Palmer Primary School in Kentish Town is built on land she gave.