Editing Hanwell (section)

===The Central London District Poor School/Hanwell Community Centre===
[[File:Cuckoo Schools.jpg|thumb|Hanwell Community Centre]]{{main|Central London District School}}
The Central London District Poor School, aka the [[Cuckoo Schools]] at Hanwell was built between 1856 and 1861 by a group of central London poor law unions to house and educate pauper children away from the workhouse; the original site at Norwood having proved to be too small and unsuitable for extension. By far its most famous resident was [[Charlie Chaplin]] who was at the school from June 1896 until January 1898.

The school was closed in 1933 but parts of it remain standing, and it is in use as the Hanwell Community Centre. The Community Centre was used as a location in the film [[Billy Elliot]]. It has been declared a [[Grade II listed]] building by [[English Heritage]].<ref>English Heritage entry for [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConBar.4315 Hanwell Community Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312081701/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConBar.4315 |date=12 March 2007 }}. Retrieved 2 September 2006</ref> In 2015 the [[London Welsh School]] moved into the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ysgolgymraegllundain.co.uk/about-us/|title=About Us – Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain / London Welsh School|access-date=16 April 2016|archive-date=29 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329022908/http://ysgolgymraegllundain.co.uk/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref>