Building    From 1760 

St John of Wapping School

Categories: Education

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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Raine Foundation School

Raine Foundation School

This school was founded in what is now Raine Street by Henry Raine (1679 - 1738) in 1719, though the street was then known as Fawdon Lane, Charles Street. The school provided an education for local...

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Hisanari Machida

Hisanari Machida

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
Miss Falder

Miss Falder

Associated with the Wesleyan Schools, Leswin Road, 1883.

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Tomoatsu Godai

Tomoatsu Godai

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

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1 memorial

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Sir Herbert Baker and Scott

Sir Herbert Baker and Scott

Architects.  Later Vernon Helbing joined the firm. Sir Herbert Baker was one of the four principal architects of the Imperial War Graves Commission, See Blomfield for the others.

Group, Architecture

1 memorial
Gilbert Bayes

Gilbert Bayes

NW6, Greville Place, 4

Gilbert Bayes, 1872 - 1953, sculptor, lived here 1931 - 1953. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
One Tun Ragged School

One Tun Ragged School

SW1, Old Pye Street, 8, St Ann's Lane House

These premises are now Peabody Trust housing. Londonist have a good page on this area, once know as the Devil's Acre, "widely regarded a...

2 subjects commemorated