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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… School had its infants' department in the Isle and its boys' and girls' departments in Norfolk, and its successor … had still no school except a Sunday school, attended by 10 boys and 20 girls. 63 The Revd. W. G. Townley, Rector of … 1930's this school was practically full; there were 154 boys on the roll in 1935, in a department with 156 places. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Duke of Bedford had provided three schoolrooms, for boys, girls, and infants. 74 In all, 284 children (in a … department. 75 This building still exists, but the boys' school was rebuilt in 1875, in which year a Thorney … recognized accommodation was 328, afterwards 273 (106 boys, 89 girls, 78 infants). By 1925 both school buildings …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the 1860's. Soon after its establishment there were 35 boys, all over 6 years of age, receiving free education in reading, writing, and arithmetic, besides 16 boys whose parents paid 5 s. a quarter for reading and 2 s. a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… should be capable of teaching the resulting number of 40 boys as well as the fee-paying farmers' sons. He also … by a master and a mistress, open daily, and teaching 25 boys and 40 girls. 87 The boys' school was presumably Hardy's (q.v.); the girls' school …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… century the capital burgesses seem to have apprenticed 3 boys regularly each year. 37 The premium paid to employers …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… does not begin until a century later. A school for boys was opened in 1707 and one for girls in 1710; both … by private subscriptions. 70 In 1709 there were 50 boys at school, who had 'caps and bands &c. given them, to … been built and the girls' school started, there were 63 boys and 40 girls attending. The latter were taught to read, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Sixty-six children attended during the day, and 9 boys in the evening only, and 16 boys and girls on Sundays only. 32 In 1871 labourers' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Edward Carter's 50 in 1674 was similarly to 'keep poor boys in work'. 13 In 1652 most such bequests, together with … of 136, around 41 was spent on apprenticing up to 130 boys, 5 was paid to the bailiffs from Ashcombe's charity, and … 1674, 50 to the town of Witney, the interest to keep poor boys in work yearly; similar bequests to Northleach (Glos.). …