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Madbunny and I were talking yesterday about my walks around London, on friday after dropping Frank off at school,I walked to these two .

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Sorry if a bit boring. πŸ™‚

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The Buxton Memorial Fountain is a memorial and drinking fountain in London, in the park next to the Houses of Parliament, that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, and in particular, the role of British parliamentarians in the abolition campaign.

It was commissioned by Charles Buxton MP, and was dedicated to his father Thomas Fowell Buxton along with William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Henry Brougham and Stephen Lushington, all of whom were involved in the abolition. It was designed by Charles Buxton, who was himself an amateur architect, in collaboration with the neo-Gothic architect Samuel Sanders Teulon (1812–1873) in 1865. It coincided with the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which effectively ended slavery in the United States. The memorial was completed in February 1866.

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An elegant townhouse of red brick, Blewcoat was built in 1709 by a London brewer to provide education for poor children, Blewcoat remained a school until 1926, and for a time served as the National Trust's main London gift shop.

HISTORYIn 1688 a charity school was established on Duck Lane, Soho, with funds raised by public subscription. Its purpose was to teach 20 poor boys from the local parishes of St John and St Margaret to read, write, learn a trade, and gain instruction in religion.

Not only were these 'charity boys' taught, they were clothed in a distinctive uniform, with a long blue coat which gave the school its name. The eye-catching colours were a matter of expedience; blue dye was the cheapest, and the stockings were soaked in saffron because it was said to repel rats who might otherwise bite the children's ankles.

The charity boys were taught alongside students who paid a fee to attend. Many went on to become apprentices, and a very select few went on to further studies at university; a rarity in the days when only the sons of the nobility could afford to attend university.

From 1714 until 1876 the school also admitted girls. In 1709 the school moved to purpose-built premises on Caxton Street, donated by the Green family of brewers. The school closed in 1926.

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It's incredible! Think of the things that these beautiful buildings have survived throughout the years it give me goosebumps! xx

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This is very interesting information about the townhouse. When I was 6 years old, I moved to a townhouse and lived in it for 7 years before moving to the house I've been in since 1993. :-)

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What a coincidence Bazzak! We had a Bluecoats school in Hertford. Just up the road from me. It was originally founded by Christ's Hospital after children from Christ's Hospital, Greyfriars, in London,were moved out to Herts. It's unclear when exactly they moved- its believed it was in the 17th century to avoid the plague- but a school was founded around 1682. The girls school was opened in 1783 and in the early part of the 1900s the boys were moved to Horsham. There are two figures of bluecoat boys at the entrance. It closed in 1985 and the girls moved to Horsham. I'm not sure if there was a definite connection with the school you mention. I'm guessing there were several such charity schools around.

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Just up the road from the Bluecoat school, is Greycoat school which was founded in 1688 and is still going. Two of my daughters attended there. πŸ™‚x

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There is definitely a connection, there were a number of blewcoat schools around the country all started by Christs Hospital, ours being two of them. It is amazing that the buildings survived!.Hope you are well today. 😊😘😘

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The dormitories are now sheltered housing and offices. The classrooms and chapel were demolished and a tesco built on the site! The original girls' school building is from the 18th century,the rest from the early 20th.I'm well thanks, thankfully the joint pain has subsided and I'm sleeping better again.

Hope you're well too xx

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There is one in Reading and another in Horsham.

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Very interesting.

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Thanks for a really interesting follow up of your walk Bazzak. Out of interest do you choose and plan a particular walk and expect to see these sort of interesting houses and monuments? I verymuch enjoyed seeing the photos and informztion, thank you.

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Not really, I know they are there,from walks ages ago, this time I dropped Frank off and thought I would take a walk to the river( I like watching the cormorants fishing) and just passed the two of them.xx

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Cormorants fishing- wow! Saw one on our local river but only the once.

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The cormorants nest in Battersea park, so you see quite a few on the thames by me, fishing. You just have to time it when the tide is turning, when the tide is coming in it's sea fish and going out freshwater.πŸ™‚πŸ˜˜

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Thank you. Your posts are never boring Bazzak. πŸ™‚πŸŒΈ

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Hi Baz I found that very interesting i used to like the historic walks in my town there's the William Wilberforce house and it's real sad how they showed and described the slaves been treat we also have a old Street museum of how they lived the shop food is all original packets and there's a old train and horse carriage hopefully I'll be able to go again and take some pictures, I'm really tired so I think I'll leave my funny post until tomorro late on after tea I'll let you know when it's done I have found a funny picture of you a man not a cat lol and I have a few ideas on post but need to be properly awake and my creative typing fingers can derive a hopefully interesting funny post I hope you have a nice night thanks for posting that I was going to check your other walk posts out 😊xx

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Something I would like to know about in London is the Necropolis line, which took bodies from London out to Brookwood cemetery near Guildford. It was quite busy until it got bombed in WW2. It had an elevated line so was an easy target. It was south of the river, I believe, and a branch off the Waterloo-Portsmouth Line, which ran past my school in Walton on Thames.

Cheers, Midori

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london-walking-tours.co.uk/...

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Unfortunately, it says the page doesn't exist.

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Google, london walking tours necropolis. sorry

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Works now ? 😘

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Yes, Thank you, very interesting.

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Looks like you had a wonderful walk. Thank you for sharing 😘

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Thank you Charlie, I'm lucky to have so much history within walking distance of my home . πŸ™‚πŸ˜˜πŸ˜˜

Lovely Bazzak, I've missed your informative walks. Really interesting, as always!

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Nice to learn some historic facts etc about London again! You tend to forget some details of your history lessons sadly! Some history which impacted many lives in Europe you never forget! πŸ«‚πŸ‘₯

Wow!! So interesting Bazzak. I love History. The is a Bluecoats I. Oldham, would this be the same as in London ? Thank you for sharing, I love these posts as much as your funny onesπŸ‘πŸ€£

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