Possibly designed by Wren. Built by Lord Hatton following the loss of St Andrews church Holborn in the Great Fire. In 1721 converted to house St Andrew's Parochial School. It was given two entrances, boys and girls, one on each frontage, and a pair of the charity children statues was placed at each door. All 4 were still here in the early 20th century and, with great forethought were taken for safe-keeping during WW2 to Bradfield College, Berkshire. Amongst the buildings gutted in WW2 were, indeed, this chapel and St Andrew's church. As part of the restorations a pair of the children were replaced here and the other pair were erected at the church. The Hatton Garden building is now used as offices.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charity School - Hatton Garden
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Charity School - plaque
2023: Lionel Wright has drawn our attention to an error in this plaque: St A...
Hatton Garden - charity girl
{On the paper held by the girl:} These statue's {sic} were decorated on behal...
Other Subjects
Josephine Trotman
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Charlotte Esther White
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 5. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Founded as The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children. Its first premises were at 49 Great Ormond Street a converted 17th cen...
Central Foundation Girls School
Moved from Spital Square in 1975 to the building in Bow Road. Spitalfields Life reports on a 2013 school reunion at the old building, which is now Galvin Restaurant - old photos and reminiscences.
Sunbeam
Children's comic published by James Henderson and Sons. It featured 'Dr Rhino's Jolly Jungle Boys' and 'Willie And Winnie And Wuffles The Pup'. Originally called 'Sparks' it went through various ch...
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