A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Weston Favell. — Weston Favell and Abington (Church) School, which seats io8 and 

 was built in 1876, is supported by the following endowments :—By release, 27 February, 1704, 

 Hervey Ekins and Elizabeth his wife gave land for the support of a schoolmaster for the 

 education of children from Weston Favell, and failing a sufficient number from that place, 

 then from Great Doddington, or in the case of an insufficient number from Great Doddington, 

 from the town of Northampton. Thomas Green, in 1739, gave lands in augmentation of 

 this charity. Under Charity Commissioners' Scheme, 22 December, 1874, three-fifths of the 

 income are applicable for education and apprenticeship. 



Whilton. — The free school (church), seating 89, was founded by Jonathan Emery, 

 who, by will, 7 October, 1768, gave ;{^500 invested in 11^ acres of land, conveyed by deed 

 6 April, 1789. A further endowment of about 16 acres arises from a legacy left about 

 100 years ago by Mrs. Judith Worsfold. The lands now produce ^68 yearly. 



Whitfield. — The national school, seating 66, built 1837, and enlarged 1894, is en- 

 dowed with four acres of land producing £2 a year, purchased under deed 3 August, 1764, 

 and thereby declared to be held in trust for paying a schoolmaster to teach poor children, and 

 for providing books and clothes for them. 



Whittlebury. — For endowment of the church school, seating 143, see under Green's 

 Norton. 



Yelvertoft. — The board school seats 113. There was formerly a free school, esta- 

 blished about the beginning of the eighteenth century as a charity school. Contributions in 

 aid of this school were invested in 1 7 13 and 1 7 20 in lands conveyed upon trust for the support 

 of a schoolmaster. In 1777 an allotment of 28 a. or. igp. was made in lieu of the original 

 lands ; and the school was the subject of Charity Commissioners' Scheme, 9 February, 1883. 

 A school board was formed 13 April, 1874. 



ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH 



Glinton. — The Peakirk-cum-Glinton National School seats 156. Anne Ireland, by 

 will I January, 171 1, gave ^^ 100 for maintaining a charity school in the parish, invested 

 in real estate, which produces about ^^50 yearly. The mixed school was built in 1845, and 

 the infants' in 1895. 



Peterborough. — St. John's (Church) School, seating 1,013, built, the boys' school in 

 i860, and the girls' school, 1896, benefits under the will of Anne Ireland, I January, 1711, 

 which bequeathed ;^I00 for a charity school in the parish of St. John Baptist, Peterborough. 



Thornhaugh. — A school board was formed 11 July, 1876. The board school seats 

 144, and is attended by children from Wansford. It benefits under the will of the 

 Rev. Thomas Woolsey, 26 March, 1707, bequeathing ;^40 to be laid out in land for the 

 support of a schoolmaster to teach poor children of the parish. This sum, with sundry 

 small donations amounting to ;^20, was lodged in the hands of the duke of Bedford. At 

 the inclosure in 1812 an allotment of 4 a. 2 r. 20 p. was granted to the duke as trustee of 

 the school, which was then held at Wansford, in lieu of certain land supposed to have been 

 given by a Mrs. Russell, and a further allotment of i r. 6 p. was afterwards made to the 

 duke in respect of common right. The Official Trustees of Charitable Funds hold 

 ;^44 13J. 5cA and ;^87 2s. \id. consols and 6 acres of land in respect of these charities, and 

 the income is applied in school prizes. 



COUNTY BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON 



Kingsthorpe. — The former free school in the High Street of Kingsthorpe was founded 

 by Thomas Cooke in 1693, and by deed, 2 February, 1753, his widow, Elizabeth, after 

 reciting that the said Thomas, his brother. Sir Charles, and his father, Thomas, had disposed 

 of the rents of certain lands towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster, conveyed these 

 lands upon trust for the education of 1 5 boys and 1 5 girls of Kingsthorpe. The endowment, 

 applied to the national school, seating 352, built, the mixed school in 1840, and the 

 infants' in 1873, is applicable in scholarships under Charity Commissioners' Scheme, 

 23 August, 1895. The premises include the Manor House, belonging to the Town Lands 

 Charity, converted in 1874 into the infants' school. 



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