Ragged School Collection

Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory,…near Reigate, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Festival of Ragged-School Teachers at Nutfield Priory, the residence of Mr. H. E. Gurney, near Reigate, 1864. Annual entertainment

Ragged School Festival at Muswell-Hill, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Ragged School Festival at Muswell-Hill, 1860. This festival, originated with the view of affording a holiday to the numerous children belonging to the various ragged schools of the metropolis [ie

Westminster Ragged-School Children in Claydon-Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Westminster Ragged-School Children in Claydon-Park, 1850. London children travel to Buckinghamshire by train....the Rev. W. R. Fremantle, Rector of Claydon

"City Arabs" - from a photograph taken after a course of training at the Belvedere-Crescent Reformat Creator
"City Arabs" - from a photograph taken after a course of training at the Belvedere-Crescent Reformatory, 1856. Children rescued from the streets

William Driver, Founder of the Belvedere-Crescent Reformatory, 1856. Creator: Unknown
William Driver, Founder of the Belvedere-Crescent Reformatory, 1856. Portrait of British philanthropist William Driver, founder and superintendent of the Industrial Home for Outcast Boys

A "City Arab" - from a photograph taken before admission to the Belvedere-Crescent Reformatory, 1856. Homeless boy on the streets of London

The First Ragged School, Westminster, 1851. Creator: Alexander Blaikley
The First Ragged School, Westminster, 1851

Lambeth Ragged School, Newport Street, Lambeth, London, 1851. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools offering free

Field Lane Ragged School, Smithfield, City of London, 1850. Artist: George Cruikshank
Field Lane Ragged School, Smithfield, City of London, 1850. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School showing adults attempting to teach a group of disorderly children

Field Lane Ragged School, London, c1850. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School, with adults attempting to teach a group of disorderly children

Field Lane Ragged School, London, 1853. Interior view of the Field Lane Ragged School, showing a room full of adults and children with two children fighting in the foreground

Teaching boys to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools

A Ragged School Union dinner, Camberwell, London, c1901 (1901). Ragged Schools were developed by John Pounds, a Portsmouth shoemaker, who in 1818 provided a free school for the poorest children

Old Pye Street and the Ragged School, c1897. Artist: William Patten
Old Pye Street and the Ragged School, c1897. Ragged schools were charitable organisations dedicated to the free education of destitute children in 19th-century Britain

Teaching girls to read in the Ragged School Union school, Lambeth, London, 1868. The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools

The Conscience Clause, 1872. A father bemoans the fact that his son, having attended school for a day, began to pass on the lecture about the evils of drink

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