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A Sunday School is an educational institution, usually Christian, which catered to children and other young people who would be working on weekdays. Sunday Schools were first set up in the 1780s in England to provide education to working children. William King first started a Sunday School in Dursley, Gloucestershire, and suggested to his friend Robert Raikes, that he start a similar school in Gloucester, which resulted in Raikes generally being quoted as starting the schools. Raikes was editor of the Gloucester Journal. He wrote an article in his journal, and as a result many clergymen supported the schools, which aimed to teach the youngsters reading, writing, cyphering and a knowledge of the Bible.