What is the history of Christs Hospital?
Edward VI founded Christ’s Hospital in 1552 as one of three ‘hospitals’ to care for the disadvantaged. The other two were and . CH was originally based in London upon the site of the old Grey Friars Monastery. The original Royal Charter specified that Christ’s Hospital should cater for boy and girls, and this was done at two separate sites; the boys in London and the girls in Hartford. Hartford was also boys preparatory school was based. Over the years the school was rebuilt and altered as needs or fire dictated, and in 1897 all the boys sections made the move to Horsham, opening in 1902. Later in 1985 the girls’ sections also moved unifying the school. Christ’s Hospital has gone from strength to strength and is still fulfilling its Royal Charter to this day.
