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Jepson's Hospital and Zacarias Jepson green plaque

Commemorative plaque
Jepson's Hospital and Zacarias Jepson green plaque
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This green commemorative plaque records: The City Club This was Jepson's Hospital, a "Bluecoat School" for poor boys of Ripon, endowed by Zacarias Jepson in 1672. The school, rebuilt in 1878, was closed in 1927 and the foundation changed to an educational trust. Recorded plaque organisation: Ripon Civic Society.
Zacarias Jepson established Jepson's Hospital in Ripon in 1672 as a "Bluecoat School" for educating poor boys, significantly impacting local education by providing resources that otherwise would have been inaccessible to underprivileged children.

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