{Beneath bluecoat scholar statues:}
Founded A.D. 1695 {below each statue:}
Girls 50 St John of Wapping Boys 60
Erected by subscription A.D. 1760
Supported by voluntary subscriptions.
E1, Scandrett Street, 6 - 8
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John of Wapping School
The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St John of Wapping School
The location is where he spoke to the people of the town from outside the Victoria Buildings, (now a branch of Marks and Spencer).
Dedicated to Sir Reginald Rowe, 1868 - 1945. Octavia Hill and Rowe Housing Trust 1987
A London Inheritance has old photos and more information about this church.
English Heritage Ada Countess of Lovelace, 1815 - 1852, pioneer of computing, lived here.
The names, given on the other plaque, are not Chinese (being Smith, etc.) so by "Chinese members" they must mean something like "working ...
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