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History of Buttsbury >> Education in Buttsbury

Education in Buttsbury

Reports and returns on schools and education in Buttsbury. These allow a glimpse into the education your ancestors may have received if they were from this parish.

1818

"Population 474. Some village daily schools and a Sunday school."

Source: Digest of Parochial Returns. Select Committee on Education of the Poor, 1818

1833

"Population 515. Two Daily Schools, containing 26 children of both sexes; and One Boarding School, 4 females. In these Schools the instruction is at the expense of the parents."

Source: House of Commons papers, Volume 41. Abstract of Education Returns 1833

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