Tag: Education
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A History of St John’s School, Penge
Based on a presentation made to Penge History Group on 19 December 2023 In 1725 there were only 60 people living in Penge, which was a “detached hamlet” of Battersea, without a church of its own. Penge Chapel was opened in Croydon Road on 8 October 1837, by which time the population had risen to…