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Description: Hanwell Community Centre on Westcott Crescent (previously Cuckoo Schools). Cuckoo Schools was a large school for children of destitute families which was created as the Central London District Poor Law School by the City of London and the East London and St. Saviour Workhouse Unions in 1857. It was built on the land of Cuckoo Farm on Cuckoo Hill in 190 acres of Hanwell. 20 acres were kept as a working farm to educate and feed the children.
Title: Cuckoo Schools
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Author: Juan Gutierrez Andres
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