Charity. John Roan who died in 1644, was Yeoman of Harriers to King Charles I. He bequeathed his estate to educate the town-born children of Greenwich. It owns several properties in Greenwich, the income from which allows the trust to assist students’ education by helping the John Roan school to fund projects which fall outside of State provision.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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The John Roan Foundation
{On the (non-working) drinking fountain, on the top surface on the north side...
Claimed to be the first public building in South Norwood. When it opened there was little else here except for brickworks and farmland.
The first local authority estate under tenants' control in Britain. Became a limited company on 30 September 1982. Waymarking gives the interesting history of this organisation.
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Member of Kingston Spiritualist Church in 1927.
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