Grey Coat Hospital / Grey Coat School
From the school's website: "In 1666, after the Great Fire of London, many inhabitants of the Old City of London moved to the medieval town of Westminster. With its congested and squalid alleys, the...
From the school's website: "In 1666, after the Great Fire of London, many inhabitants of the Old City of London moved to the medieval town of Westminster. With its congested and squalid alleys, the...
The church on the Mile End Road was opened in 1903, the school, shown in this picture, behind the church, in 1896. Both funded by the Howard Family of Norfolk.
We can find very little about this school, it's all just hints and pointers. AIM25's holdings for All Saints Church include some records about the parish school, presumably this one. The earlies...
Politician and educationalist. Born Richard Burdon Haldane at 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Entered parliament in 1879. As Secretary of State for War, he founded the Territorial Army and made the...
Erstwhile superintendent of London Central District Schools from 1888 to 1900.
A plaque inside the library provides the following: “John Harvard was born in Southwark in 1607 and was baptized in St Saviour’s Church, the present Southwark Cathedral. He was the son of Robert H...
One of the most prestigious American universities, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Named after its first benefactor John Harvard.