A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



on condition that the master should instruct a schoolmaster to teach the three R's and Cate- 



freely in the three R's such poor children of 

 Normanton as should be selected by her or her 

 trustees. He was to be at liberty to take other 

 pupils. The income from endowment in 1827 

 was jg 9*., for which the master taught 10 free 

 boys and repaired the premises. A sum of 2OJ., 

 rent of land given by Peter Moreau, who died 

 in 1726, was spent in providing books. 49 Mrs. 

 Hall's gift brought in 12 in 1866 ; and 28 

 boys and 25 girls were under instruction in 1867. 

 The existing buildings were erected by George 

 Esam in 1872, and the older school is now the 

 master's residence. The Normanton on Trent 

 Church School (mixed) had in 1907 an average 

 attendance of 60. The income of Mrs. Hall's 

 gift (9 18*.) is paid to the County Council in 

 relief of rates. 



WALESBY. Elizabeth Hall, under similar cir- 

 cumstances (see under Normanton-on-Trent), 

 in 1781, gave 2 acres of meadow in Normanton 

 worth 2 a year for teaching reading and writing 

 to poor children in Walesby. In 1827 the rents 

 amounted to ^5 ids., which went to a master, 

 who paid out of them the hire of a house, the 

 poor's rate, and the expenses of letting the lands 

 (55. a year), for teaching nine children to read and 

 write, usually appointed by the vicar. 60 The 

 Church School (mixed), built in 1878, and en- 

 larged in 1886, now receives the income (4 a 

 year) from Elizabeth Hale's gift, and had in 

 1907 an average attendance of 48. 



BOLE. In 1827 the endowment for elementary 

 teaching in this parish consisted of a yearly rent- 

 charge of j2, bequeathed by William Nettleship, 

 who died in 1781, of 27 (^"30 minus legacy duty) 

 given by John Nettleship, who died in 1807, and 

 of j24 35. residue of 30 left by Robert Wilkson 

 by will 7 March 1820 ; and the total income, 

 4 6s., was paid, two-thirds to a master for 

 teaching reading to six poor children, and one- 

 third to a mistress for giving similar instruction 

 to three poor children, with knitting and sewing 

 for the girls among them. It was a condition of 

 William Nettleship's legacy, that four poor 

 children of Bole should be taught to read in the 

 Bible and repeat the Church Catechism by heart, 

 and of Wilkson's legacy that three of the poorest 

 children of the parish should be instructed in 

 reading, until each of them should be able to read 

 distinctly and accurately such parts of the Bible 

 as are usually read in churches and schools. 81 

 The Bole Church School (mixed), built in 1857, 

 is the property of Lord Midleton, from whom it 

 is held at a nominal rent. It receives ^2 a year 

 from Nettleship's endowment and had in 1907 

 an average attendance of 29 children. 



OXTON. By indenture of 26 June 1783 

 Margaret Sherbrooke granted lands in Alston- 

 field, rented at j 1 6 10*., to trustees for supporting 



49 Char, Com. Rep. xix, 430-2. 



" Ibid. 409, 430-2. 61 Ibid. 318. 



chism, free of charge, to 24 children of Oxton. 

 The appointment of the master and scholars 

 was vested in the foundress or the owner of the 

 mansion house in the parish. She also erected a 

 schoolroom, and before the indenture of 1783 

 contributed ^6 a year to the school, a contribu- 

 tion which was kept up by members of the 

 family. The master in 1828 taught 30 chil- 

 dren. 62 In 1866 the income from endowment 

 realised ,20, and next year 4 boys and 14 girls 

 were under instruction by a master and mistress. 

 The rents at present amount to 16 a year. 

 The school was rebuilt in 1870 by a member of 

 the Sherbrooke family. The Oxton Church 

 School (mixed) had in 1907 an average atten- 

 dance of 87. 



ARNOLD. The Parliamentary Return of 1 786 

 states that Daniel Chadwick gave ^50 for 

 teaching eight poor children, Henry Sherbrooke 

 land producing 3 a year for teaching seven 

 poor children, and Margaret Birch land pro- 

 ducing 2 a year for teaching six poor children, 

 at various dates unknown ; and that Rebecca 

 Elley in 1785 gave 6 for teaching one poor 

 child. The total income from these sources, 

 together with 5 from certain other lands, 

 brought in ^22 i6s. a year in 1823 ; and the 

 parish was also possessed ' from time imme- 

 morial ' of a house and schoolroom, with a small 

 court in front and a garden behind. The 

 master appointed in that year received a salary of 

 20, being required to repair his house, and a 

 further 10 for managing the Sunday school. 

 The school had been rebuilt and the schoolhouse 

 improved in 1813 and 1814, and in 1827 a 

 room was added above the school. In 1828 the 

 master taught the three R's, the Catechism, and 

 reading the Bible, to 32 poor boys and girls 

 of Arnold and some paying scholars in the lower 

 room, while his wife conducted a private girls' 

 school in the upper room, the use of which she 

 was allowed on condition of her husband taking 

 the Sunday scholars in writing every Monday 

 evening. 83 In 1866 the income from endow- 

 ment was ^25, and in 1867 the school was 

 attended by 52 boys, 32 being admitted free of 

 charge and the remainder paying fees of 2cl. and 

 3<f. a week. The school was not under govern- 

 ment inspection. The school was closed about 

 1870 and the endowment given to the National 

 School on conditions of receiving 32 scholars free. 

 Subsequently the old school was pulled down 

 and a girls' department of the National School 

 erected on its site by public subscription. The 

 National School was transferred to the School 

 Board in 1883. The income from endowment 

 was subsequently awarded in prizes to children 

 of the elementary schools, but at present provides 

 scholarships to secondary schools. 



262 



" Ibid, xx, 521-2. 

 " Ibid, xxi, 398-400. 



