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History of Rawreth >> Education in Rawreth
Education in Rawreth
Reports and returns on schools and education in Rawreth. These allow a glimpse into the education your ancestors may have received if they were from this parish.
1818
"Population 223. No school. The porr are desirous of possessing the means of education."
Source: Digest of Parochial Returns. Select Committee on Education of the Poor, 1818
1833
"Population 321. One Daily School, wherein 7 children of both sexes receive instruction at the expense of their parents. One Sunday School (commenced 1821) at which are 31 children of both sexes; it is supported by the Rector, who has a lending Library, whence parents or children may be supplied with books on paying 3d. per quarter; the children also have the privilege of paying 1d. per Sunday into a bank, at the end of the year they receive the amount in clothing, with as many pence in addition (not exceeding 54) as their conduct merits."
Source: House of Commons papers, Volume 41. Abstract of Education Returns 1833
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