Tag: St John’s School
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A Call for St. John’s School Connections
Many years ago I wrote a short history of St John’s School in Penge. Now I’m working with the school on a much-enlarged and updated version. The school has given me full access to its extensive archives which hold a wealth of materials going back as far as 1837. The problem is that there doesn’t…
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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…