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Photographer: William Henry Toms (via Wikipedia)
Taken: Circa 1755
Caption: Christ's Hospital
Additional Description: "Christ's Hospital was established as a school in November 1552 at the instigation of King Edward VI. The king's patronage of the school was confirmed by a Royal Charter granted on 26 June 1553, eleven days before his death. The school was founded at Newgate Street, London, on the site of a Grey Friars (Franciscan) friary, with a preparatory school in Hertford, Hertfordshire which had supplementary schools at Ware and Broxbourne." - Wikipedia
Submitted: July 25, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p437244
File Size: 0.113 Megabytes

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