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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Commissioners of 1858. It was not in association with the National Society, and had been closed for some years before 1874. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… years, and is considered an efficient person'. 30 When the National Society made their inquiry (18467) the school contained about … reserved for infants, the junior boys attending the Elm National School, and the seniors the new school at Friday …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… woodwork taken from the premises of the Wisbech Literary Society and portions of the lantern tower from the Octagon … children, was entirely supported by the feoffees. 25 The National Society's inquiry of 1846-7 showed 58 children at school in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… has produced some anomalies; for example, the Outwell National School had its infants' department in the Isle and … own parish, was instrumental in establishing the Outwell National School in 1848. The school buildings were erected in … including a teacher's house, towards which the National Society made a grant of 110. 64 After enlargement in 1873 the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… see Country Life, xlvi, 392. The house has been National Trust property since 1943. The actual builder was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… moneys for the purpose and himself contributed £150; the National Society made a grant of £70. 71 A. J. Burling was the last …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the school was enlarged, to provide 140 places, the National Society making a grant of £15, and another grant of the same … at Guyhirn. This was built in 1875 for 120 children, the National Society making a grant of £80 towards the cost of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ease', as well as his direct gifts for the benefit of the National and Sunday Schools. The flood of charitable …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… figure of the 1951 Census is 17,430. 39 The figure at the National Registration of 1939 showed 17,599 persons in … In 1943 the house, with 48 acres of land, was given to the National Trust by the Hon. Alexandrina Peckover, the last … No. 14 (which with No. 19 was transferred to the National Trust in 1950) has a fine staircase. No. 6 (next the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 22 Telephone service was provided from 1898 by the National Telephone Company. 23 A weekly newspaper known as … volumes to the library thus inaugurated. 33 A Literary Society was founded in 1781. Its books were catalogued in 1804, with a supplement in 1813. 34 By 1824 the Society had 84 members and a library of 2,500 volumes. The …