- Cuckoo Schools
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Cuckoo Schools was a large school for children of destitute families which was created as the Central London District Poor Law School by the City of London and the East London and St. Saviour Workhouse Unions in 1857. It was built on the land of Cuckoo Farm on Cuckoo Hill in 190 acres of Hanwell. 20 acres were kept as a working farm to educate and feed the children. It closed in 1933 and its remaining buildings are now used as the Hanwell Community Centre on Westcott Crescent.[1]
The school was closed in 1932 and the surrounding lands were used to start construction of a large housing estate in 1933. This Cuckoo Estate was completed by 1939 and suffered some damage from a flying bomb in WW2. It survived this and is now a conservation area.[2][3]
Famous pupils
References
- ^ John Richardson (2000), The annals of London, ISBN 9780520227958, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0wUCjfE6Lk4C
- ^ Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner (1991), London, 3: North West, Penguin Books, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8utUAAAAMAAJ
- ^ The Conservation Studio (March 2007), Cuckoo Estate Conservation Area Appraisal, http://www2.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/environment/planning/planning_services/conservation/_docs/_appraisals/cuckoo_estate_caa_2007.pdf, retrieved 1 April 2011
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