Schoolhouse yard, 1. Rose street, Shoreditch.☐ 2. Schoolhouse lane, Ratcliff.☐ 3. Sutton street, St. John’s street, Clerkenwell.☐
Schools. Of these we have given an account under the names of their particular foundations; the most famous and noble of these, are, the Charterhouse, Mercers school, Merchant Taylors school, St. Paul’s school, and Westminster school; and among those for the instruction of the lower class, is Christ-church school, a noble foundation for the education and support of the children of deceased citizens, and a great number of smaller foundations, as, St. Olave’s school, Ratcliff school, Tothill fields school, and several others; all of which the reader may find under their respective articles.
In these schools, exclusive of Christ-church hospital, are educated 2888 boys, and 285 girls; the charge of whose education, &c. exclusive of those which belong to hospitals and almshouses, amounts, according to Maitland, to the annual sum of 1990l.
Besides these, which are supported by regular funds, there are a great number denominated Charity Schools, that have no other foundation and support, than generous benefactions, annual subscriptions, and the charitable collections made in the several churches in this city and suburbs. Of these we shall give a list, with the number of the boys and girls in each.
| Schools. | Boys. | Girls. |
|---|---|---|
| Allhallows, Lombard street | 40 | 00 |
| St. Andrew’s, Holborn | 80 | 70 |
| St. Anne’s, Aldersgate | 30 | 20 |
| St. Anne’s, Westminster | 52 | 52 |
| St. Bartholomew the Great | 35 | 16 |
| Bartholomew Close, Presbyterian | 50 | 25 |
| Bethnal Green | 00 | 30 |
| Bevis Marks, Portuguese Jews | 12 | 00 |
| Billingsgate Ward | 40 | 00 |
| St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate | 50 | 50 |
| St. Botolph’s, Aldgate | 50 | 40 |
| St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate | 30 | 20 |
| Bridge and Candlewick Wards | 60 | 40 |
| Bridewell Walk, Clerkenwell, Quakers | 40 | 20 |
| St. Bride’s | 50 | 50 |
| Broad street Ward | 50 | 30 |
| Castle Baynard Ward | 30 | 20 |
| St. Catherine Creechurch | 40 | 00 |
| St. Catherine’s, Tower | 35 | 15 |
| Christ-church, Spitalfields | 30 | 30 |
| Christ-church, Surry | 30 | 10 |
| St. Clement’s Danes | 85 | 55 |
| Corbet’s court, Spitalfields, French | 50 | 50 |
| Cordwainer and Bread street Wards | 50 | 30 |
| Cornhill and Lime street Wards | 50 | 30 |
| Cripplegate Ward within | 50 | 20 |
| Dowgate Ward | 30 | 20 |
| St. Dunstan’s in the West | 50 | 20 |
| East Smithfield Liberty | 40 | 30 |
| St. Ethelburg’s | 20 | 00 |
| Faringdon Ward within | 60 | 40 |
| Fry’s court, Tower hill, Presbyterian | 30 | 10 |
| St. George’s, Hanover square | 50 | 40 |
| St. George’s, Queen square | 50 | 50 |
| St. George’s, Ratcliff Highway | 50 | 50 |
| St. George’s, Southwark | 50 | 00 |
| St. Giles’s, Cripplegate | 130 | 00 |
| St. Giles’s in the Fields | 101 | 101 |
| Grey Eagle street, Spitalfields, French | 50 | 50 |
| St. James’s, Clerkenwell | 60 | 40 |
| St. James’s, Westminster | 102 | 80 |
| St. John’s, Hackney | 30 | 20 |
| St. John’s, Wapping | 38 | 23 |
| Keat’s street, Spitalfields, Independent | 30 | 00 |
| King’s head court, Spitalfields, Independent | 00 | 30 |
| Knightsbridge chapel | 6 | 6 |
| St. Laurence, Poultney | 16 | 00 |
| St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch | 50 | 50 |
| St. Luke’s, Old street | 40 | 00 |
| St. Margaret’s, Westminster | 52 | 34 |
| St. Martin’s in the Fields | 101 | 51 |
| St. Mary’s, Islington | 26 | 18 |
| St. Mary’s, Lambeth | 28 | 00 |
| St. Mary la Bonne | 12 | 00 |
| St. Mary le Strand | 16 | 00 |
| St. Mary Magdalen’s, Bermondsey | 50 | 20 |
| St. Mary’s, Newington Butts | 32 | 00 |
| St. Mary’s Rotherhith | 45 | 00 |
| Mile-end, Old Town | 22 | 10 |
| Nortonfalgate | 60 | 00 |
| St. Olave’s, Jewry | 30 | 00 |
| St. Olave’s, Southwark | 00 | 60 |
| St. Paul’s, Covent Garden | 30 | 20 |
| St. Paul’s, Shadwell | 50 | 50 |
| Poplar Hamlet | 30 | 20 |
| Portpool lane, Welch | 50 | 00 |
| Queenhithe Ward | 36 | 24 |
| Ratcliff Hamlet | 35 | 25 |
| Ratcliff Highway, Presbyterian | 30 | 00 |
| St. Saviour’s, Southwark | 80 | 50 |
| St. Sepulchre’s | 84 | 76 |
| Shakespear’s walk, Shadwell, Presbyterian | 30 | 00 |
| St. Stephen’s, Wallbrook | 30 | 00 |
| St. Thomas’s, Southwark | 30 | 00 |
| Tower street Ward | 60 | 60 |
| Vintry Ward | 50 | 00 |
| Unicorn yard, Horselydown, Independent | 50 | 00 |
| Zoar street, Southwark, Presbyterian | 137 | 00 |
Thus in these charity schools are educated 3458 boys, and 1901 girls, in all 5359. Mr. Maitland has been at some pains in endeavouring to learn the respective charges of the above schools; but not being able to obtain an account of each, he has endeavoured to settle as near as possible the expence of maintaining the whole, and that by a method equally plain and satisfactory: for having found that the parish school of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, which contains eighty boys, cost in one year 272l. 2s. 9d. and seventy girls in the same school 139l. 14s. 6d. he computed, that as the charge of eighty boys amounts to 272l. 2s. 9d. so that of 3458 boys must amount to 11,763l. 2s. 10¼d. and so, by the same method of calculation, as the expence of seventy girls amounts to 139l. 14s. 6d. that of 1901 girls must amount to 3794l. 10s. 7½d. per annum; whence it appears, that the whole expence of all the said charity children amounts to 15,557l. 13s. 5¾d. per annum.
The same author adds, that the annual expence of the above free-schools, exclusive of those belonging to the hospitals and almshouses, amounting to 1990l. it appears that the expence of these schools, added to that of the charity schools, amount in all to 17,547l. 13s. 3¾d.
As to the number of private schools in this metropolis and its suburbs, for educating youth in all kinds of literature, they are supposed to amount to above three thousand. Maitland.
Score’s alley, East Smithfield.†
Scotland yard, Whitehall; so named from a palace which formerly stood there for the reception of the Kings of Scotland, when they came to do homage for the county of Cumberland, and other fiefs held by them of the Crown of England. Stow’s Survey.