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Robert Raikes, the Younger moved his printing business into the house in 1758 where he continued to publish the Gloucester Journal. In 1772, he moved into the house to live with his family. [ 5 ] Robert Raikes was a promoter of the Sunday school movement, he held Sunday school sessions in the house's garden and Robert's wife used to serve plum ...
Raikes was born at Ladybellegate House, Gloucester, in 1736, [1] the eldest child of Mary Drew and Robert Raikes, a newspaper publisher. He was baptised on 24 September 1736 at St Mary de Crypt Church in Gloucester.
The house was built for Robert Raikes (1818–1901), grandson of Robert Raikes (1765–1837), a Hull-based banker. [1] Robert Raikes was a prominent member of the Oxford-based Christian Tractarian movement, and moved his family to Wales in order to promote his beliefs and assist in the development of the area. [2]
Robert Raikes (1736–1811) was an English pioneer of Sunday schools, Gloucester newspaper publisher, and philanthropist. Robert Raikes may also refer to: Robert Raikes (1683–1753) , British Member of Parliament for Northallerton
Gloucester's most important citizens include Robert Raikes (founder of the Sunday School movement) who is still commemorated by the name of Robert Raikes' House in Southgate Street. Its most infamous citizen was Fred West. In July 2007, Gloucester was hit badly by a flood that struck Gloucestershire and its surrounding areas. Hundreds of homes ...
Robert Raikes Esq. (1765 – 1837), was an English banker, originally from London, that later established a bank in Kingston upon Hull. After 1805 he lived at Welton House in Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire , where in 1818 he had built a family mausoleum in park land to the north.
In 1811, Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday Schools, was buried beneath the South Chapel. [2] He had been baptised there in 1736. [7] In 1836, Jemmy Wood, The Gloucester Miser, was buried there. In 1952, the parish was united with the parish of the former St Michael's Church. [8]
At Gloucester, jointly with Robert Raikes, proprietor of the Gloucester Journal, Stock became co-founder of the Sunday School movement. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] From 1787 until his death in 1803 he was holding the living at his Gloucester incumbencies and headmastership.