Gardens · London
Old Central School
Old Central School — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
Stefan Czapski — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Old Central School is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Old Central School was a school on Wimbledon Common, south-west London, founded in 1758. It closed in 1965 when its role was taken over by Bishop Gilpin School, a new school on a different site in Wimbledon. The original octagonal school building in Camp Road, built in 1758, was still standing in 2012 and in use as part of a private school, The Study.
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Background
History
In June 1757, a group of local dignitaries met one Saturday night at the Rose and Crown pub in Wimbledon village to discuss plans for a charity school. Enough money had been raised since the idea had been raised two years earlier and now the details had to be worked out. In 1758 the manor court gave permission for the vicar and others to "inclose and fence in - a certain piece or parcel of land, lying on Wimbledon Common for the use of a charity school" and the first octagonal building was put up. It was not the first charity school in Wimbledon. The SPCK listed two charity schools in Wimbledon in its report for 1724. But many of the charity schools founded around the country at the start…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4262, -0.2317
- Established
- 1758
Sources
- wikidata: Q7083630 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Central School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Central School?
- Old Central School is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4262°, -0.2317°.
- When was Old Central School built?
- Old Central School dates to 1758.