Central London District Schools, Hanwell, Middlesex
Main building of the Central London District Schools at Hanwell, Middlesex, also known as the Cuckoo Schools. The schools were opened in 1856 by a group of central London unions to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Charlie Chaplin was once an inmate. The main building is now a community centre
Picture No
10418629
Media ID
47535190
Size
4764px x 3039px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by Wakefield of Hanwell
Date
circa 1910
