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Peter Hill

Categories: Education, Philanthropy, Transport

Elizabethan seafarer. With Robert Bell he co-founded the St Mary Rotherhithe Free School, to educate the sons of local seafarers.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Peter Hill

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St Mary Rotherhithe Free School

{On the plaque between the two charity scholars:} St Mary Rotherhithe free sc...

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