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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… standing in the middle of the village, near the church and school, is the principal house in the parish. It has been … The guildhall, which occupied the site of the present school (see below), belonged to St. John's Guild. In 1525 a … 1885. 20 The old chapel was then converted into a Sunday school; in 1904 a new Sunday school was built, but the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the north aisle has been used as a vestry and a British school. The other had contained the staircase to the organ … Arms Inn. The Free Methodist chapel, which has a Sunday school, is a brick building seating 130 persons. 91 It is in the High Street of the village. SCHOOL A schoolmaster, Roger Pinchbeck, was appointed at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the Eastern Counties. A house adjoining the school, 180 yards south-west of Upwell church and on the east … condition'. 33 He seems in his youth to have run away from school or been kidnapped, 100 reward being offered for his … The proportion of Anglican to Nonconformist Sunday school children in Upwell was even lower. 59 None of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 61 with pure water, decent houses, allotments and a school' instanced by a present-day writer as 'the most … was erected in the village in c. 1880. SCHOOLS The village school, like most of the public institutions in the village, … £225 between the five of them. In 1850-1 the girls' school was rebuilt with an infants' department. 75 This …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1950 was reopened for its original purpose and as a Sunday school. GUILDS There were three guilds at Tydd St. Giles, … of the 19th century. 65 They are both still in use. 66 SCHOOL In 1789 Tydd St. Giles was one of the sixty-eight parishes in the diocese without a school. 67 Dr. Jobson, reporting on the state of the schools …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in St. Mary's village about 120 yards west of the school are also noteworthy, though late in date (early 19th … of Wisbech 1802-28, bequeathed £100 to support a Sunday school at Guyhirn and £200 to establish another at Murrow. 63 … An Anglican mission room, formerly used also as a school, was erected at Thorney Toll in 1872. NONCONFORMITY …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… towards augmenting the salary of the Master of the Grammar School, and half towards providing corn and firing for poor … the capital burgesses should nominate. In 1837 the Grammar School master drew £20 from this source. The revenue from … acres of land at Elm to augment the salary of the Grammar School master. Dr. Henry Hawkins, a native of Wisbech who …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Revd. Jeremiah Jackson, Headmaster of the Grammar School and later vicar of Elm, who was eleventh on the list, … in 1820. In the following year some windows in the Grammar School were broken after Hill's failure to get elected. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the guild in a favourable light; it supported a grammar school and many charitable objects in the town. 40 The chapel … where was afterwards the first Town Hall and Grammar School; this building still exists. The late E. J. Rudsdale …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at the present sidings on the South Brink near the Grammar School, but in the following year the line was prolonged to … buildings remaining in Wisbech; the Old Grammar School, Hill Street; Nos. 49 to 51 Horse Fair, early 18th … The Peckover family lived at Harecroft House, now the High School for Girls. Gardiner, Hist. Wisb. 199. The building …