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conducive to the interests of the parish at large, as 

 the benefit thus extended to a greater number of the 

 children of the poor. Those parents, whose chil- 

 dren had already been in the charity school four 

 years, being considered better able to afford the 

 expense of continuing them at school a year or two 

 longer, if necessary ; than those, M ho had never 

 derived any benefit from the charity, were, to edu- 

 cate their children entirely at their own expense. 



Easier Monday, which occurs only a short time 

 previous to the period at which the poor put out 

 their children to service, or are likely to obtain 

 some employment for them, has been considered the 

 most eligible season of the year, for their removal 

 from the free school. Mr. George Marshall, the 

 father of the promising young artist of that name, 

 is the present master, and is allowed by the regu- 

 lations of the school, to educate any other children 

 of the village, or neighbourhood. The number of 

 scholars of every description, is OR the average 

 about sixty. These charities are at present under 

 the consideration of the commissioners of charities, 

 as it is supposed that the original endowment was 

 not a money payment, but rental of land. 



Other Charities. There are also the following 

 charitable bequests, viz. by Lady Widdrington 

 50 ; by David Bedford, ot Nunningten, in 1730| 

 20; Richard Marshall, of Nunnington, in 1782, 

 20 ; and William Anderson, ot Warter on the 

 Wolds, in 1718, 10. ; making a total of 100, 

 left to the poor of the township of Nunnington ; the 

 interest of which is distributed at Christmas, by the 



