The Ragged School, Brook Street, Nottingham

This building was the Town Mission Ragged School. Ragged Schools began in the 1850s when the Earl of Shaftesbury promoted the idea that children should work less and have at least basic schooling. This school was designed by C.H. Edwards, a London architect, in 1857. It was officially opened by the Earl of Shaftesbury in 1859. At that time the local lace mills often worked night and day using child labour. After the Education Act of 1870 the school became part of the Nottingham School Board.

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