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Chiswick National School

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Much of the following information comes from the very helpful Gill Clegg's Chiswick History page.

1707 a charity school was founded at St Nicholas church near the river. It expanded until in 1813 the boys were rehoused at Turnham Green and by 1819 this was a National School for boys.

The school seems to have had two endings: in 1848 it moved to a new school building in Essex Place - north of Turnham Green and demolished c.1968;. and in 1905 it was replaced by Belmont School in Belmont Road - still standing, north of Turnham Green. Perhaps the Essex Place was an extension rather than a replacement, or the school moved first to Essex Place and then to the nearby Belmont building.

Either way, we have no definitive explanation for the plaque's reference to "old building" from which it was removed in 1880. 

Background: in 1811 the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church was formed and gradually took over the charity schools, renaming them as National Schools.

From Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society : Prior to the Vestry Hall being completed in 1876 the Chiswick Vestry met in the “Boys’ National Schools at Turnham Green”. The Vestry Hall was later developed into the Chiswick Town Hall which is right next door to the building with the plaque.

From Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society: a man born in 1900, talks about his school days 1909-12: “Close to Chiswick Town Hall there was an old National School building which was used as a handicraft centre for boys and a domestic science centre for girls.”

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Chiswick National School

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Chiswick National School

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Grey Coat Hospital Foundation

Grey Coat Hospital Foundation

This is a charity supporting five schools including the Grey Coat Hospital in Greycoat Place.  See Grey Coat School for more information.

Group, Education

1 memorial
Coborn Girls School

Coborn Girls School

From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, founded a School for both boys and girls in 1701, as a result of the terms of her will published in the year of her death. Th...

Group, Children, Education

2 memorials
Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art

Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackint...

Group, Architecture, Art, Education, Scotland

1 memorial
Sir John Kirk

Sir John Kirk

J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend.  Not to be confused with Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), the African explorer.  Sir John's great great grandson, Peter Mitchell, contacted us to sa...

Person, Children, Education, Philanthropy

1 memorial
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Founded by the four Fabians: Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw.

Group, Education

3 memorials