Editing Walsham How (section)

==Church work==
[[File:Whittington Church Screen.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial screen to William Walsham How in Whittington Church]]
He refused preferment on several occasions, but his energy and success made him well known, and in 1879 he was consecrated a bishop, by [[Archibald Campbell Tait]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], on 25 July at [[St&nbsp;Paul's Cathedral]];<ref>{{Church Times | title = Consecration of four bishops | archive = 1879_08_01_489 | issue = 862 | date = 1 August 1879 | page = 489 | accessed = 19 September 2019 }}</ref> he became the first modern [[suffragan bishop]] in London, under the title of [[Bishop of Bedford]], his province being the [[East End of London|East End]]. There he became the inspiring influence of a revival of church work. He founded the East London Church Fund, and enlisted a large band of enthusiastic helpers, his popularity among all classes being immense. He was particularly fond of children, and was commonly called "the children's bishop".<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name=":DNB:">{{cite ODNB|title=William Walsham How|id=13882|date=September 2013}}</ref>

When he came to East London in 1879 "he found great need of women's help for the poor in the huge parishes of his diocese". He then planned to establish a Deaconess Community and applied to the (West) London Diocesan Deaconess Institution (LDDI). The LDDI sent its Sister Louisa in autumn 1880 and the East London Diocesan Deaconess Institution was founded at Sutton Place, [[Hackney, London|Hackney]]. Deaconess Sisters worked in various East London parishes and eventually the Institution became the All Saints Deaconess Home at Meynell Crescent (1894/5-1924). A few of the remaining Sisters joined the LDDI which continued work in the East End for a few years.<ref>Archives of the (Deaconess) Community of St Andrew (which had developed from the LDDI).</ref>{{full citation needed|date=June 2019}}