Boys' football club founded at the Christ Church Mission in Ponsard Road, West London. It merged with the St Jude's Institute club in 1886, to form Queen's Park Rangers.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Boys' football club founded at the Christ Church Mission in Ponsard Road, West London. It merged with the St Jude's Institute club in 1886, to form Queen's Park Rangers.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Christ Church Rangers Football Club
From British History on-line: Â "In the reign of Henry VIII., when Shoreditch was still a mere waste of fields, dotted with windmills and probably, like Islington (fields, much frequented by archers...
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