Deacon's School
(1721-1882)

place and school

Closed aged c. 161

Deacon's School was located in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England. In 2007, the school was demolished and replaced by the Thomas Deacon Academy.

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Site of the original Deacon's School founded by wool merchant Thomas Deacon in 1721 for 20 boys to learn 'read, write and cast accounts'. The school buildings remained in use here until 1882.

5 Cowgate, Peterborough, United Kingdom where it sited