E1, Raine Street, Raine's House
The motto above the door reads ‘Come in and learn your duty to God and man’. The scholar statues on the front are copies. The originals were taken by the school when it moved to Bethnal Green, in 1880 or 1885 (it's not clear).
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Raine's House - charity boy
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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Raine's House - charity boy
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