Founded by Edward VI in the remains of Greyfriars Monastery for the education of poor children. The first pupils arrived in November 1552. In 1682 Sir Robert Clayton erected much of the building, designed by Wren, together with a statue of Edward VI. Popularly known as The Bluecoat School where Charles Lamb was a pupil. Moved from the City of London to Horsham in 1902, and at the same time the boys' preparatory school also moved from Hertford to Horsham. The girls' school remained at Hertford until 1985, when it also moved to Horsham. Part of Wren's building, the passage entrance, and the statue of Edward VI were incorporated into the Horsham building.
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Christ's Hospital
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Charles Lamb - Giltspur Street
Ornamental Passions have a good post on this memorial, saying that Lamb is sh...
Christ's Hospital
Site of Christ's Hospital, 1552 - 1902 The Corporation of the City of London
Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - back
"On Quitting School" (sometimes "On Leaving School") is a sonnet by Coleridge...
Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - front
The children are marching out of the background, become older and fully 3D at...
Edwards VI and VII
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We...
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1 memorial
Wagner School
Private day school for young boys at 90 Queen's Gate, run by Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956) and his wife Monica. Operating before WW1 but we can't find start and end dates. An old boy, Michael Ma...
1 memorial
Royal Military Academy
Founded as an academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Originally located in a converted workshop of the Royal Arsenal and so popularly known as...
2 memorials
Pioneer Health Centre
Founded by doctors George Scott Williamson and Innes Pearse as an integral part of the 'Peckham Experiment', the area being chosen because of its deprivation. Nine hundred and fifty local families...
1 memorial
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Westminster City Council
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
183 memorials
World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
379 memorials
Women's Voluntary Services
A voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to r...
1 memorial
Kingston Spiritualist Church
Our photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle officiating at the church's opening comes from a previous incarnation (appropriate expression?) of the Kingston Spiritualist Church website. Now, 2020, there is ...
4 memorials
4 memorials
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