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Robert Raikes and The Crypt School blue plaque

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Old Crypt Schoolroom This building, the original Crypt School, was founded by John and Joan Cooke, and erected in 1539, as "A contynuall free scole of grammer." Restored and reopened in 1880 for St.Mary De Crypt Sunday School in memory of Robert Raikes, it is now used as the church hall. Crypt Schoo

l removed in 1861 to buildings in Barton Street and in 1892 to Friars Orchard on the site of the Technical College in Brunswick Road and thence in 1944 to Podsmead.

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