Archbishop Tenison’s School

Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928

Thomas Tenison, an educational evangelist and later Archbishop of Canterbury, founded several schools in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A boys’ school now at the Oval was founded in 1685 in the crypt of St Martin’s in the Fields and relocated by 1895 in Leicester Square on the site previously occupied by the Sabloniere Hotel.

The school moved to The Oval in 1928, with the new building being opened by the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). A girls’ school was formally established in 1706 for 12 girls and in 1863 a new school building was erected at 18 Lambeth High Street. The girls school closed in 1961, when it amalgamated with Archbishop Temple’s Boys School to form a mixed VA school. The building was used by Temple’s as a first-year annex from 1968 to 1974, when Archbishop Temple’s School closed. Archbishop Tenison founded another school in nearby Croydon in 1714.

Archbishop Tenison’s at The Oval became a grammar school, then a comprehensive. Tenison’s became a Grant-Maintained school in 1993, and a Voluntary-Aided School in 1998.

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Christobel Warren-Jones Added: 26 Feb 2018 13:50 GMT IP: 143.159.49.39 2:1:2535	Post by Christobel Warren-Jones: Hurley Road, SE11 Hurley Road was off Kennington Lane, just west of Renfrew Raod, not where indicated on this map. My Dad was born at number 4 in 1912. It no longer exists but the name is remembered in Hurley House, Hurley Clinic and Hurley Pre-School
KC Alexander Added: 23 Jan 2018 15:07 GMT IP: 90.195.148.140 2:2:2535	Post by KC Alexander: Priory Grove, SW8 Lived in a two up two down until the age of 13. Played on the bombsites (no health and safety then) A Coal man Mr Bells lived in the road and kept his horse in a stable across the road from where he lived. Fibre glass factory which made large figures etc for fairgrounds was down a mews which no longer exists. Prefabs on the bend where Doreen, a friend of my mums lived with her two daughters. Alan and Alex who?s mum and dad were also friends of my parents lived near the priory pub. the pub is now residential flats. Alex was another boy who lived just a couple of doors along from me as was Colin. The house was knocked down in 1964 and the site is now an adventure playground. The only thing left I recognise is my old sycamore tree which grew in my garden which I could often be found climbing. Never fell out of it !
Allen Waters Added: 18 Jan 2018 23:19 GMT IP: 151.224.33.53 2:3:2535	Post by Allen Waters: Lansdowne Gardens, SW8 I used to live at no. 27 from 1950-1961. My family had the large room on the ground floor a bedroom on the 2nd floor and a room in the attic. There were several other families who came and went over the years, as well as landlords. We had a landlord for a time called ?Gethin?. I used to play with my friends in the road as there were few cars then. We used to use the lamppost next to house as a cricket wicket and it?s still there. I can remember swings in the green and a parkeeper there with a coal brazier in the winter. I was a choirboy at St Barnaby?s, I remember a bagwash near the church when the houses were demolished to build the estate. There used to be a row of shops and I particularly remember one called ?gallies? a sweet shop where you could get a penny drink and they put gas in it for you. Schools I went to were Priory Grove, then Al Message truncated Show whole message
Evelyn Johnson Added: 8 Dec 2017 23:23 GMT IP: 70.53.91.62 2:4:2535	Post by Evelyn Johnson: Sturgeon Road, SE17 I lived at 105 Sturgeon Road in 1956 went to st Paul’s church Lorrimore sqN8DvL
Pauline jones Added: 16 Oct 2017 19:04 GMT IP: 86.136.68.202 2:5:2535	Post by Pauline jones: Bessborough Place, SW1V I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved L Message truncated Show whole message
Johnshort Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT IP: 10.9.55.126 2:6:2535	Post by Johnshort: Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way also Danny reading had coal delivery lorry.n
peter hiller Added: 13 Sep 2017 11:07 GMT IP: 81.141.12.149 2:7:2535	Post by peter hiller: Sancroft Street, SE11 what is the history of tresco house 2 sancroft street ,it looks older than a 1990s site
Robert smitherman Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT IP: 2.220.194.137 2:8:2535	Post by Robert smitherman: Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign.
LDNnews Added: 14 Dec 2019 16:27 GMT IP: 3:9:2535	Post by LDNnews: Aldwych Abingdon Street has linked Old Palace Yard and Millbank since at least 1593. Abingdon Street has linked Old Palace Yard and Millbank since at least 1593. https://www.theundergroundmap.com/article.html?id=10528
LDNnews Added: 7 Dec 2019 16:27 GMT IP: 3:10:2535	Post by LDNnews: Aldwych Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden, one of the leading venues for public entertainment from the mid 17th century to the mid 19th century. https://www.theundergroundmap.com/article.html?id=3318

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Oval

Oval tube station in Kennington is named after The Oval Cricket Ground, which it serves.

The station opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the City & South London Railway. It opened as Kennington Oval, and was designed by Thomas Phillips Figgis with elements of early Arts and Crafts and neo-classical detailing. The structure was made distinctive by a lead-covered dome with cupola lantern and weathervane which housed some of the lift equipment; the main part of the building was of red brick. The station building was rebuilt in the early 1920s when the line was modernised and was refurbished during late 2007/early 2008 at street level with a modern tiling scheme inside and out, giving the station a more modern look. Reflecting its proximity to the cricket ground, the internal decorative tiling features large images of cricketers in various stances.