{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
A property in Budge Row was left to the Poulters in 1727. Pity the flanking stones don't say when the arms were removed since that proba...
This 1913 map shows that Oswald Street used to extend down to Rushmore Street. That southern section, where, according to the plaque, New...
Friday Street used to continue northwards up to Cheapside but the top section was badly bombed in WW2 and then built over.
An information map/board gives us "Charles Lamb was born in 2 Crown Office Row in 1775."
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