Cornhill Wards' School

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

On the west side of St. Mary Axe, east of Leathersellers' Hall. In Lime Street Ward (O.S. 1875 and 1880).


Established 1710 for Lime Street and Cornhill Wards. The School house is held under a lease dated 1849 from the rector and churchwardens of St. Andrew Undershaft, the school to be used as a Church of England Charity School, and vestry meeting and ward meetings to be held there as and when required (End. Charities Rep. 1902, pp. 1 and 2). Since 1874 for Langbourn Ward also.

In O.S. 1875 the site is identified with that occupied by St. Mary Axe Church.

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