Endowed by John Carpenter Town Clerk in 1442. The Corporation of London by an Act of Parliament in 1834 established the School at Honey Lane market in Milk Street. In 1883 the School moved to the Victoria Embankment near Blackfriars Bridge. And in 1986 to a new building in Queen Victoria Street where it remains.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
City of London School
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City of London School - EC2
Site of the City of London School, 1835 - 1882 The Corporation of the City of...
City of London School - EC4, Embankment
Wikipedia gives the architects as "Davis and Emanuel Pevsner". We believe the...
City of London School - EC4 - Q.Victoria St
The City of London School was endowed by John Carpenter, Town Clerk in 1442. ...
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Robert Raikes
Promoter of the Sunday School movement. Born and died Gloucester.
1 memorial
Henry Fawcett
Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a shooting accident as a young man. The first blind MP. As Postmaster General (1880-4) he developed the parcel post and in...
Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
5 memorials
Emily Davies
Suffragist and promoter of higher education for women. Born Sarah Emily Davies in Southampton. She edited a feminist publication and became active on the London School Board. She was instrumental i...
1 memorial
Sir Ralph Turner
Professor of Indian languages. Born Charlton, London. Officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. Won Military Cross in Palestine. Died at home, Bishop's Stortford.
1 memorial
John Carpenter
Town Clerk. Endowed the City of London School in 1442. Our picture is of his statue high up on the wall of the City of London School's glassed ceiling atrium standing over the door to the balcony...
2 memorials
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Crane Court - Royal Society
EC4, Crane Court
The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Bro...
1 subject commemorated
Meridian Bronze
We're not certain we have found the right foundry. Its name seems right but it's Australian which seems wrong. From their website: "Established in 1973 by Peter Morley, Meridian Sculpture was the ...
1 memorial
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