Charity School, Rotherhithe
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Charity School, Rotherhithe
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 28 Nov 2013
A free school was founded in Rotherhithe in 1613 by Peter Hill and Robert Bell; it became a charity school in 1742 and moved to this building in 1797. Living to the age of 80, and married twice, Peter Hill gave £3 a year to the master to teach eight children, ‘sons of seafaring men'.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.500984
Longitude
-0.054131