SCHOOLS 



for teaching English reading to not more than 

 eight children of poor religious parents, born in the 

 town. Bellamy and his wife also founded an 

 almshouse in 1698 for poor widows. In 1824 

 the school was rebuilt and a house for the master 

 added, at the expense of Earl Manvers. From 

 that time the school was conducted as a national 

 school, being open to all poor children of Edwin- 

 stowe and the adjoining townships. Parents 

 who could afford it paid 6d. a quarter, and the 

 master's salary from endowment (10) was in- 

 creased by voluntary contributions. 22 In 1867 

 the school was under government inspection, and 

 the master was certificated. Forty boys were 

 in attendance, and fees of id., 2d., and $d. a 

 week were charged. The endowment in 1 866 

 brought in 12 a year. Five-sixths of the pro- 

 ceeds of the sale of the almshouse and lands 

 connected with it were allocated to educational 

 purposes and the provision of a parish reading- 

 room, by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners 

 of 10 February 1899. The proceeds of the sale 

 of the Poor's lands in 1 904, amounting to about 

 24. us. 4.d. a year, was devoted to education 

 and poor relief. The Edwinstowe Church 

 School had in 1907 an average attendance of 

 144 in the mixed, and of 43 in the infants' 

 department. The existing buildings were erected 

 by Earl Manvers in 1872, and he added a room 

 for infants in 1895. 



WEST MARKHAM. William Miller about 

 1721 left 200 to be invested so as to produce 

 8 a year, which was to be paid to a school- 

 master. The sum was not invested, but a 

 schoolmaster was appointed and paid from 1734. 

 John Kirke, grandson of the original trustee, on 

 23 August 1776 gave a rent-charge of 8 on 

 property of his in East Markham in considera- 

 tion of the legacy. Poor children of West 

 Markham and Milton were to be instructed in 

 reading, writing, and Church principles. In 1827 

 the parish clerk had received the 8 for fifteen 

 years, but the instruction had been given by his 

 mother till her death and for the last four years 

 by his younger brother. 23 In 1907 the West 

 Markham, Markham Clinton School (mixed) had 

 an average attendance of 38 children. It receives 

 the benefit of the endowments. 



BINGHAM. 1 oo one half for placing poor 

 children at school bequeathed by Thomas 

 Tealby, who died in February 1721-2, together 

 with other small bequests, was invested in lands, 

 which in 1823 were let at a clear rent of 15. 

 Half this sum was paid in 1828 to a school- 

 master for teaching reading to 10 poor children 

 of the parish. He instructed others, also free 

 of charge, and had many paying pupils. The 

 attendance at the time was 61. In 1827 it 

 was decided to increase the endowment by 

 shares in the Grantham Canal, which had 



been purchased with 80, the profits of 

 theatrical performances given in 1784 and 

 1785 for the benefit of the poor of Bingham, 

 and with jo contributed by George Baxter 

 and John Foster in equal proportions, the 

 interest of those gentlemen being first purchased. 24 

 In 1907 the Bingham Church School had an 

 average attendance of 91 in the mixed and of 

 45 in the infants' department. 



WEST RETFORD. Stephen Johnson, because 

 certain conditions, on which the establishment 

 of a school for this town under the will of 

 Richard Brownlowof 20 March 1691 depended, 

 had been unfulfilled, as his executor made good 

 the default in 1723, giving 10 a year for 

 providing a salary for the master and a place to 

 teach in. The school was to be for children of 

 West Retford between five and thirteen years 

 of age, and the master a member of the Church 

 of England. By a codicil of 1725 he gave 

 a cottage in West Retford as schoolhouse and 

 desired the master to be unmarried. In 1827 

 the subjects taught were reading, writing, and 

 the Church Catechism. Children of West 

 Retford were admitted free, but there were also 

 paying pupils. 25 In 1867 the school was under 

 government inspection and taught by a mistress. 

 The income from endowment in 1866 was 

 still 10. In 1907 the West Retford Church 

 School had an average attendance of 37 girls and 

 68 infants. The school is under the East 

 Retford Borough Education Authority, to which 

 the endowment is paid in mitigation of rates. 



MANSFIELD AND MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE 

 FAITH CLERKSON'S SCHOOLS. 26 An account of 

 this foundation is to be found under Mansfield 

 Grammar School (supra). 



BALDERTON. William Alvey, by will 26 Au- 

 gust 1726, gave an estate worth ^35 a year, 

 20 for educating poor children of New Sleaford, 

 Lincolnshire, and 8 for similar objects at 

 Balderton. Two-thirds of surplus income was 

 to be paid to the master of the former and one- 

 third to the master of the latter school. In 

 1828 the rents amounted to 120, and the 

 schoolmaster at Balderton received 18 a, year, 

 teaching free of charge 12 boys and 6 girls, all 

 in reading and spelling, and the girls in knitting 

 also. He had 42 paying scholars in addition. 

 The schoolroom, originally intended for a Sunday 

 school, had been built by parish subscription a 

 few years previously in a garden, part of property 

 left by Benjamin Gibson in 1727 for the benefit 

 of the poor. 27 In 1866 the income from Alvey's 

 endowment is given as 28, and in 1867 there 

 were 80 boys and girls paying fees of 2d. and 3^. 

 per week under the instruction of two teachers. 

 There was a house for the head teacher. The 

 school was under government inspection. The 

 Balderton Council School (Gibson's Charity) had 



* Char. Com. Rep. xix, 331-2. 

 " Ibid. 358-9. 



14 Ibid, xxi, 384-7. 

 * Ibid, xxv, 418-24. 



257 



" Ibid, xix, 402-4. 

 17 Ibid, xxi, 417-20. 



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