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Instead of mounting the hill towards the church, we 

 will turn round the point elegantly termed " Bellow's Nose," 

 and we soon reach the British School, which (as well as 

 the National) appertains to the children of both Kings- 

 bridge and Dodbrooke. 



The piece of land on which the British School now 

 stands was purchased in 1841, by the late Richard Peek, 

 Esq., of Hazelwood, from George Prideaux, Esq., once of 

 Plymouth, but during the latter part of his life a resident 

 in Kingsbridge. 



The indenture describes the property as "all that close or 

 parcel of land, with the appurtenances, called or commonly 

 known by the name of Hill Close, alias Hill Parks, situate 

 or lying within the parish and manor of Dodbrooke." The 

 indenture also " witnesseth " that Mr. Peek conveys a certain 

 portion of this land to individuals whom he named, "upon 

 trust, to permit the said premises and all buildings thereon 

 erected, or to be erected, to be for ever hereafter appro- 

 priated and used as and for a school or schools, for the 

 education of children or adults, or children only, of the 

 labouring, manufacturing, and other poorer classes, in the 

 parishes of Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke, and their vicinity, 

 and as a residence for a schoolmaster and schoolmistress, 

 if required; which said school shall always be conducted 

 upon the principle of the British and Foreign School Society, 

 established in London, and shall be under the general 

 management and control of the committee for the time 

 being of the subscribers to the said school, and shall be 

 at all times open to the inspection of the Government 

 Inspector or Inspectors for the time being." The school 

 was first opened in 1842. 



In December, 1850, Richard Peek, Esq., conveyed to 



