 0d" (four guineas).Known as the National School for much of the 19th century, it was referred to as "Old Central" in a document of 1893, possibly to distinguish it from the new schools that had been set up in Wimbledon since the Education Act of 1870 had extended elementary education to all children.John William Selby was headmaster of the school in 1889 and first chairman of the Old Central football club, who later became Wimbledon F.C.