Old and New

St Mary's Rotherhithe Free School was founded by two Elizabethan seafarers, Peter Hills and Robert Bell, to teach the sons of local seafarers. They funded the school with the sum of £3 per annum.

ST MARY ROTHERHITHE
FREE SCHOOL Founded by PETER HILL and ROBERT BELL EST 1613.
CHARITY SCHOOL instituted 1742.
Removed here 1797.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.