{Beneath bluecoat scholar statues:}
Founded A.D. 1695 {below each statue:}
Girls 50 St John of Wapping Boys 60
Erected by subscription A.D. 1760
Supported by voluntary subscriptions.
E1, Scandrett Street, 6 - 8
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St John of Wapping School
The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unk...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St John of Wapping School
Walter Tull, 1888 - 1918, pioneering footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and pioneering British army officer, lived in a house on this site ...
Benny Hill, 1922-1992, comedian, lived here 1960-1986, The Dead Comics Society.
We're pretty certain that the blue colour is vandalism, or guerrilla art, if you will.
Greater London Council James Elroy Flecker, 1884-1915, poet and dramatist was born here.
The plaque 's singular "Field" is interesting but incorrect.
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