St John’s Hospital School
St John’s Hospital School was founded by Gilbert and John Long in 1238. Located on Exeter High Street, it was originally, a religious foundation which house five priests, six singing boys and twelve of Exeter’s poorest inhabitants. Following the Reformation in the 1530s, the hospital was closed and the buildings put to other uses, eventually becoming the Exeter Grammar School in the 17th century. The building was demolished in 1880.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 111/1998/8
- Collection Class
- Prints
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Common Name
- St John’s Hospital School
- Simple Name
- Inscription Transcription
- St John’s Hospital school demolished 1860. Drawn from memory December 1891 by John Agar who was educated at this school from 1848-1853. The dry playground and boiler house, the window of which is represented underneath the stairs will doubtless be remebered by many “Old Boys”.
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- England
- Production Date
- 12/1891
- Production Person Initials
- John
- Production Person Surname
- Agar
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
