St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School is a Church of England voluntary aided school situated in the district of Redcliffe, Bristol, England. The school was formed by a merger of Redcliffe Boys School and Temple Colston school; the former was founded in 1571. It provides education for approximately 1,600 students aged 11 to 18. The school's church is St Mary Redcliffe. It is one of the many Church of England Schools in the Diocese of Bristol. The headteacher is Del Planter and the Director of Sixth Form is Richard Wheeler.
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
St Mary Redcliffe Church in the 1890s
The statue of the school founder, Elizabeth I, in St Mary Redcliffe Church
The tomb of William Canynges, an early benefactor of the Church and the namesake of Canynges House
Edward Colston was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist, and Tory Member of Parliament.
Portrait by Jonathan Richardson
Cromwell House, Mortlake, west London, where Colston died in 1721. He was buried in Bristol.
Colston's Almshouses
Engraving of Colston's monument in All Saints' Church, Bristol from Bristol Past and Present (1882)