EDUCATION.
A day school supported by subscriptions taught 20 children in 1819 and the same
number, including some from Stockland Bristol,
were attending in 1825. (fn. 47) There was a nonconformist Sunday school in 1822, probably at
Combwich. (fn. 48) In 1835 there was no day school but
18 children attended a Sunday school, possibly in
the schoolroom recorded in 1832, the number
increasing to 27 in 1846. (fn. 49) A day school was built
at Combwich in 1857, and in 1880 it was taken
over by a school board. In 1903 there were 52
children on the books with two teachers in two
rooms. (fn. 50) Numbers fluctuated, rose to 58 in 1915
and fell to 44 in 1945. By 1975 there were 68
children on the books and as many were registered
in 1981. The school was known as Otterhampton
school in 1989. (fn. 51)
St. Hilda's school, a private mixed school but
intended primarily for girls, moved from Westcliffe-on-Sea (Essex) to Hill House c. 1946 and
closed in the early 1970s. (fn. 52)
Footnotes
| 47 |
Educ. of Poor Digest, p. 792; Ann. Rep. B. & W. Dioc.
Assoc. S.P.C.K. (1825-6), 42-3. |
| 48 |
S.R.O., D/D/Rm, box 2. |
| 49 |
Educ. Enq. Abstract, pp. 822-3; Nat. Soc. Inquiry,
1846-7, Som. 14-15; S.R.O., D/P/otn 13/2/1. |
| 50 |
S.R.O., C/E 4/380/312; Lond. Gaz. 22 June 1880,
3538. |
| 51 |
S.R.O., C/E 4/64. |
| 52 |
Bridgwater R.D.C. Guide (1969); Char. Com. reg.;
above, manors. |