What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 1729 Richard Churcher bequeathed money to establish this college in Petersfield to train boys in mathematics and navigation, for apprenticeship to the East India Company. The College moved to its present site on Ramshill in 1881. Recorded plaque organisation: Petersfield Heritage.
Richard Churcher was a benefactor who established a college in Petersfield to educate boys in mathematics and navigation for careers with the East India Company, significantly impacting maritime education and training in Britain.
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