Brentford Rewind: Sarah Trimmer Hall one of the first schools for the poor

By The Editor

26th Aug 2021 | Local News

Sarah Trimmer Hall, Brentford
Sarah Trimmer Hall, Brentford

Sarah Trimmer Hall, also known as St George's Church Hall, is a small building on Brentford High Street near the Travelodge Hotel and is one of Brentford's most historic buildings.

The building is named after Sarah Trimmer who ran her industrial school for girls there.

Pupils were taught skills such as spinning and needlework.

Sarah Trimmer, who gave birth to 12 children, was an important figure in the history of national educational reform and was active in the Sunday School movement as well as founding schools for the poor.

The hall was built in 1786, and was the first school to pioneer the Sunday School movement.

The building is listed as St George's Church Hall and a plaque there reads: "The Church School Instituted in the year 1786. For Religious Instruction and Industry Supported by annual Subscriptions and Benefactions and the produce of the Children's Work"

The building is now private residential accommodation after it was preserved by developers when St George's Church right beside it was also turned into apartments.

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