32) and wasĪttended in 1870 by an average of 157 children. A new school,Īccommodating 300 children, was built (fn. 31) and another site acquired near Marsh Road. In the same year the old school was sold (fn. Increase in population, presumably at Woodridings. The vicar appealed for funds since he anticipated an In 1866, when there were 107 pupils, (fn. Voluntary contributions, school pence, and an annual Pinner National School, with one room for girlsĪnd infants and another for boys, was built in 1841 at Population of 3,861, provided only for 775. Provided for 291 children, while Harrow, with a 27) Thus Pinner, with a population of 1,270, Whom 199 attended the Wesleyan school in Lower These taught a total of 409 children (fn. Two which 'recommenced' in 1830, and one opened Sunday schools: a Wesleyan school opened in 1825, With a total of 197 children, and two boarding Pinner, there were three infant schools (opened inġ826) where 93 children were taught, 4 day schools Infant school (revived in 1831) containing 25 boysĪnd 33 girls, six day schools, one of them opened inġ832 and together containing 41 boys and 65 girls,Īnd two private boarding schools containing 32 boysĪnd 8 girls. Where 87 children were taught, there was a church In 1833, in addition to the old Sunday school Opening of several small schools, especially in theġ830s. The deficiencies of 1818 had been remedied by the School was discussed by the vestry in 1824, (fn. The National Society was making grants to Pinner, The infants' section was added in 1854 and a girls' 1825), son of the Earl of Shaftesbury (d. To buy the 'site of the present building', then rented Probably referring to it in 1850, when it was decided Roxeth Hill site was acquired, but Cunningham was In 1853 the infant school was attended by anĪverage of 70 children. 18) who presumably treated it as a continuation of the 1660 dame The school was maintainedīy voluntary contributions, school pence, and £4įrom the governors of Harrow School, (fn. 17)Īnd in 1837 one was erected with the aid of a £50 New infant school at the back of the girls' school (fn. Scullery and mothers were refusing to send theirĬhildren there. In the 1830s the infants' classroom was used as a There were 133 pupils and a master and mistress. ![]() Usually referred to in the plural, presumably becauseīoys', girls', and infants' departments for most of the Had joined the National Society as a day school. In 1812 through the efforts of the vicar, J. Harrow or Roxeth National school, named from its Important, at a time when Harrow School wasīecoming the preserve of fee-paying 'foreigners'. 13) The latter, theįirst National school in the parish, was especially School in Harrow Weald attended by 104 childrenĪnd probably connected with the Robinson charity,Ī Sunday evening school for adults at Harrow, maintained by the vicar, and a day and Sunday school Maintained by its governors, there was a Sunday In addition to Harrow School and the small dame schools Were 'not without the means of education'. Much in want of a day school but at Harrow they Sunday school, supported by annual contributionsĪnd attended by 100 pupils. The endowed school for 6 children, there was only a In 1818, however, it was Pinner rather than Martin left the interest on £100 to pay a schoolmistress to teach 6 poor children of Pinner to read. 9) Schoolmasters are mentioned in 1749 (fn. Pinner 'where I once went to school' by William A school building was repaired in 1635, 1675, and 1681, and £100 was left to 8) there was apparently a school throughout theġ7th and 18th centuries. 7)Īt Pinner, in addition to the Independent academy run by Thomas Goodwin from c. Which was distributed to the children by the overseers of Harrow Weald. In the early 19th century the charity yielded £13 10 s., Of Harrow Weald, who had sold a parcel of waste. 6)įurther stock was added in 1777 by the inhabitants ![]() Revived in 1770, when £70 of arrears was invested,Īnd from 1772 a dame was paid £2 10 s. The charity soon fell into disuse but was Two girls, aged four to ten, in Harrow Weald under aĭame who was to be a member of the Church ofĮngland. In 1711 Edward Robinson bequeathed £10Ī year for clothing and for teaching reading and theĬatechism to 12 of the poorest children, ten boys and 4) Thomas Robinson, schoolmaster, of Roxeth, Sudbury, Kenton, Wembley, and Harrow Weald to ![]() 'school dames' at salaries of £4 a year, to teach theĬhildren of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Preston, Roxeth, The governors of Harrow School appointed six Which was probably in or near the churchyard and The 'school or church-house of the parish of Harrow', (fn. Moved to a new building in 1615, it had been held in ![]() Before Harrow School, whose history is described elsewhere, (fn. (Gonville and Caius) College, Cambridge, in 1567,Īttended a school at Harrow, and a letter of 1626 mentioned one there as early as Mary's reign.
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