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
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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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People's Palace
Proposed by Walter Besant, the first People's Palace was built by the Beaumont Trustees, ‘Unitarian philanthropists’, to replace Beaumont's Philosophical Institution which had been in Beaumont Squa...
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Joshua Watson
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1 memorial
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Edward Latymer
Wealthy lawyer, merchant, official and a Puritan. Born in Freston, near Ipswich. Much of his life is obscure, but in 1594 he was appointed deputy and clerk to the Receiver General of the High Court...
1 memorial
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SW7, Imperial College Road, Skempton Building / Civil Engineering Building
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EC1, Edward Street
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1 subject commemorated,
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Councillor C. J. Palmer
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Joseph René Bellot
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1 memorial
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