The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unknown, as is its closure date. The bluecoat statues are probably the finest examples in London.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St John of Wapping School
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St John of Wapping School
{Beneath bluecoat scholar statues:} Founded A.D. 1695 {below each statue:} Gi...
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1 memorial
Haggerston Road School
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...
2 memorials
Sacred Heart School, Hammersmith
The origins of the school date back to a nunnery in 1609. In 1869, Cardinal Manning decided to convert it into a seminary, and had John Francis Bentley (the architect of Westminster Cathedral) draw...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Thomas Arnold
Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. Born Isle of Wight. Father of Matthew Arnold, great grandfather of Aldous and Julian Huxley. Died at Rugby.
1 memorial
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Savoy Peter Statue
WC2, Savoy Court
The magnificent Ornamental Passions explain that the statue was created in 1904 for the classically styled hotel extension behind and was...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Professor Cedric Keith Simpson
W1, Weymouth Street, 11
Cedric Keith Simpson, CBE, MA, MD, LLD, FRCP, FRCPath, DMJ, 1907 - 1985, eminent forensic pathologist, emeritus professor of forensic med...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Col. Nicholas Boscawen
From Cornwall. A colonel in Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary army. Buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwel...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
G. P. A. Neiser
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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