What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: High Street School. Site of the Non-Conformist British School built 1854 and enlarged by the school board 1870. A junior school 1925-1960. Margaret Bondfield was a pupil here. Recorded plaque organisation: Chard Town Council.
Margaret Bondfield was a prominent British labour politician and women's rights activist, becoming the first female cabinet minister in Britain; she attended High Street School in her formative years.
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