From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, NEWGATE STREET.—The extensive buildings Of this famous school occupy the site of the Monastery of the Franciscans or Greyfriars. The church belonging to this order was next in size to the Cathedral, being 300 ft. in length, and filled with very fine tombs, among which there were three, if not four The monastery being dissolved, and the monuments sold by Henry the VI Il, the parish of Christchurch was formed out of the precincts, the Friary church being parochial,' the King having some idea of
From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, NEWGATE STREET.—The extensive buildings Of this famous school occupy the site of the Monastery of the Franciscans or Greyfriars. The church belonging to this order was next in size to the Cathedral, being 300 ft. in length, and filled with very fine tombs, among which there were three, if not four The monastery being dissolved, and the monuments sold by Henry the VI Il, the parish of Christchurch was formed out of the precincts, the Friary church being parochial,' the King having some idea of founding an Hospital, afterwards carried out by his son and successor, Edward the VI, for children of poor freemen, they to be fed, clothed, and educated, which from that time to the present has been carried out, and many famous men have been educated here. On the plea Of surroundings, but really for the value Of the ground it stands on, London in a year or two will know this famous school no more, as the new approaching completion, and the whole school Will be removed, and the site of one of the most picturesque landmarks of ancient history covered and warehouses. "
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