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The Urswick School

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The Urswick School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the Hackney Central area of the London Borough of Hackney, London.The school is named after Revd Christopher Urswick, Rector of Hackney from 1502 to 1522, and a close friend of King Henry VII and his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, a great benefactress of learning.

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The Urswick School
Paragon Road, London Homerton (London Borough of Hackney)

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E9 6NR London, Homerton (London Borough of Hackney)
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