Site: St John of Wapping School (3 memorials)
E1, Scandrett Street, 6 - 8
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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 - charity girl
The school was originally founded in 1695, although its first location is unk...
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St John of Wapping - charity girl
{Beneath bluecoat scholar statues:} Founded A.D. 1695 {below each statue:} Gi...
Nice large bronze reliefs, also by Roseleib/Roslyn, attached to the left and right of the plinth depict Peace and Charity respectively. P...
This ornate extravaganza, designed by the splendidly named Fitzroy Doll, was built in 1898. Ornamental Passions has a good post about the...
The large terrace area around the statue is worth commenting on. It's clearly original and has somehow survived. There are 4 concentric...
The quote "Ages unborn..." is presumably from one of Watts' hymns or psalms but we cannot discover which. The quote "Few men .. " is fro...
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
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