3-021-368 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

St. Thomas's Schools, Islington, 1869. 'These schools have been erected near Hemingford-road, Barnsbury, in the sub-district of St. Thomas, Islington. Though intended as national schools, to provide, in the first instance, instruction for the children of the humbler classes, they have the special feature of providing for the educational wants of the upper artisan class and lower middle classes. They were recently opened by Earl Granville, who expressed very very strongly his approbation of their arrangements. The schools were built, under the superintendence of Mr. William George Coldwell, by Messrs. Williams and Son, at a total cost, including site, of £4200. The material is brick, with stone dressings, and the building will accommodate more than 600 children. The exertions of the Incumbent, the Rev. G. Allen, seconded by the architect, the builders, and an active committee, have obtained a gratifying success, and the whole cost has been paid'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.