From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL —This plate represents the old building which was in Honey Lane Market, Cheapside, but being small and inconvenient was rebuilt on the Victoria Embankment, close to Blackfriars' Bridge, in a much more stately manner, and in its present shape, is one Of the finest buildings in that important thoroughfare. The School was founded by the Corporation of London by Act of Parliament in 1834. It possesses many valuable Scholarships tenable both at the School and the Universities. "

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