Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and originally at St Lawrence Pountney, EC4. In 1875 moved to newly built premised at Charterhouse, mainly to enable expansion. But by 1929 it had been decided that London was too dirty and congested and the playing fields were too far away so the school moved to Sandy Lodge, Hertfordshire, selling the site to St Barts Hospital.
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Merchant Taylors' School
The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...
{Beneath the Merchant Taylors' crest:} Site of Merchant Taylors' School 1561 ...
Henry III granted this site to the brotherhood of St. Anthony of Vienna to se...
Born Shanhai but lived in Singapore for at least 35 years. In 2001 Dr Yu Che...
The hospital was founded by King William III and Queen Mary II, and the schoo...
