Helen F Warrington All posts by this member | 46 of 56 Sat 30th Sep 2017 4:22pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2607 The Katherine Bayley’s Charity School was originally behind the Draper's Hall. |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 47 of 56 Sun 1st Oct 2017 2:33am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2867 Thanks Rosemary/Cliff/Helen - yes Rosemary the reason I ask is I spotted a Bayleys Charity School building behind LPY on an 1888 map.
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Malvern Somerset All posts by this member | 48 of 56 Sat 3rd Feb 2018 10:49am Member: Joined Jun 2016 Total posts:65 I've just posted this on the Little Park Street thread.
88 Little Park Street was the home of Katherine Bayley who was the founder of the Katherine Bayley School (Blue Gift School) in 1723. Up to the mid 1800s the school itself was situated near Drapers' Hall in Bayley Lane before moving to Little Park Street until 1889 when it merged into Bablake School. I found a wonderful document whilst researching my Great Great Grandfather who as a tailor made the school uniforms.
Extract from a document entitled "NUISANCES Notice of Entry for Examination"
".....stating that in or upon the said premises there are some offensive privies and cesspools which require abatement and removal and the construction of water closets"
Dated 9 December 1857 Malvern |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 49 of 56 Fri 24th Aug 2018 8:24pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 On 18th Sep 2012 1:43pm, NeilsYard said:
My eldest is at the current Bablake school - pretty sure he'd be glad this School Master is not currently in charge!
Liked yours Neil but here is a coloured view of Bablake boys in the Quad!
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 50 of 56 Fri 24th Aug 2018 9:49pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5606 Prof, I took this in 2010, showing the same building as in your image ![]() ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 51 of 56 Sat 25th Aug 2018 6:00pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 Thanks Midland Red nice to see it then and now. |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 52 of 56 Thu 20th Sep 2018 9:59pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 53 of 56 Sat 29th Sep 2018 8:19pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 A postcard view
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 54 of 56 Sat 29th Sep 2018 8:22pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 A line drawing of the the Hill Street scene
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 55 of 56 Tue 15th Jan 2019 12:00pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:1536 Bond's Hospital and Bablake
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 56 of 56 Sat 8th Jun 2019 10:37am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:3789 Bonds Hospital for men was founded about the year 1506, and the foundation of Wheatley's, the half-timbered hospital for boys at Bablake, was, according to tradition, largely due to a peculiar circumstances. The boys there used to wear a dolphin as their badge in token of the saving of one of the ships of their founder. The vessel when out at sea, sprang a leak, to the great jeopardy of the crew, and merchandise on board; but, by some miraculous chance, the leak was stayed, and the ship brought safely to port, where it was found that a large dolphin had got wedged into the hole, and had stopped the water from coming in. The merchant thereupon gave the ship and its contents to found the school.
At the Bablake boy's hospital, tradition records that Thomas Wheatley, an ironmonger, cardboard maker and merchant (who had been mayor in 1556) bought some steel from Spain, but to his consternation found fifty barrels of silver. The silver was disposed of, and with the proceeds arising from the sale, and other money, he purchased the land which he gave to the Hospital of Bablake, which bears his name. |
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