A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Edmondsley. — There is a British School hired from the Edmonsley Coal Co. on a yearly 

 agreement, built in 1875, and seating 573. 



Egglescliffe. — A National School, seating 145, founded 1839. 



Eggleston. — A National School, seating 184, founded before 1870, is now lent by 

 T. Huchinson, of Egglestone Hall, on a yearly agreement. 



Eldon. — A Church of England School, seating 500, built in 1870, and enlarged 1879. 



Elwick Hall. — A Church of England School, seating 97, built 1851, and enlarged 1892; 

 receives £2 lox. a year from ' Little Edgemire' part of Miss Elizabeth Allison's Charity, under will 

 proved 12 September 1862. 



EscoMB. — There are 2 schools: i Roman Catholic, seating 152, built in 1899, and i National, 

 Witton Park, seating 576, built in 1 84 1, and subsequently enlarged, which has 2 school buildings, 

 one built under deed of 29 March 1848, and the other the private property of Bolckow, Vaughan 

 and Co. Ltd. 



EsH. — There are 6 schools: of these 1 is National, built in 1836, and seating 52 ; 2 are 

 Roman Catholic, seating 453, and 3 British, seating 1324. Ushaw Moor (B), seating 405, was 

 built in 1900 by Messrs. Pease and Partners, Ltd., upon their own land. 



EvENWOOD AND Barony. — There are 4 schools here, of which 3 are National, seating 353, 

 (earliest built 1865) ; while Raneshaw Colliery School was built and is partly maintained by 

 Messrs. Henry Stobart and Co. 



Ferryhill. — There are 2 schools here, of which i is Council, seating 37O; and i National, 

 seating 247, founded in 1847, '^^^ ''"''' °" ^ ^'•^^ given by the dean and chapter of Durham. 



FisHBURN. — A Church of England School, seating 88, founded in 1830, is aided by the 

 Sedgefield School Endowments. 



Ford. — There are 2 schools here, Hilton South National School, and a Council School, seating 

 583, and built in 1875. 



Forest and Frith. — There are 2 schools here. Forest of Teesdale National School, seating 126, 

 which probably dates back to the middle of the eighteenth century ; and is held from Lord Barnard under 

 a yearly agreement ; and a Church of England School, seating 63, and built in 1853, which appears 

 to belong to Lord Barnard and has an endowment of ;^i6o Consols, bequeathed by Robert Bramwell 

 in 1724. 



Framwellgate. — School Board formed 11 May 1875. There are 3 schools here: 2 Council, 

 seating 575 ; and a National School. 



FuLWELL. — A Council School, seating 575. 



Gainford. — A National School, seating 190, built in 1857 and subsequently enlarged ; with an 

 income of ^14 from endowment given 12 October 1691, by tlie Rev. Henry Greswold. 



Great and Little Usworth. — School Board formed 20 December 1875. There are 

 4 schools, 3 Council Schools seating 1074, and a Roman Catholic, seating 230. Susan Peareth by 

 deed of 5 November 18 14, gave land and buildings for a school and bequeathed for its support, by 

 will dated 1817, ;{|i,ioo Consols. This school ceased in 1880 on the opening of the Board School, 

 and by scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 24 October 1899 the income of the endowment is 

 applied to evening classes, prizes, exhibitions, etc. The old building is used for Sunday School, Reading 

 Room, and the like. 



Great Aycliffe. — There are 2 schools. The so-called National School was built on the 

 waste by subscription in 1745, and subsequently enlarged and endowed with j^97 17J. 8r/. Consols, 

 representing a gift in trust for the schoolmaster by Codicil of William Bell, 15 January, I 810. The 

 Church Sunday School, held in the National School building, has an endowment of ;^i 1 1 5j. 2d. 

 Consols. The Aycliffe Diamond Jubilee School, seating 112, was built in 1897. 



Greatham. — A Church of England School, seating 277, built in 1834, with Infants' School, 

 granted by deed of 1836 by the Master and Brethren of Greatham Hospital, was re-built 1878. 



Grkat Lumley. — There are 2 schools; a National School, seating 220, and built in 1840 ; 

 and the Lumley Girls' and Infants' School, seating 338, built in 1874 by the Earl of Durham, who 

 lets it on a yearly agreement. 



Great Stainton. — There was an Elementary School erected soon after 1745, and was 

 demolished in 1847, when the National School, seating 32, was built. In 1 779 Anthony and 

 Isabella Hubbock gave /^6o on condition that 4 poor scholars of Little Stainton should be educated 

 in the school. The trustees of Lord Crewe's Charity gave £(iO to the school in 1 77 I, and ;^iOO 

 in 1779. These endowments are now represented by a rent-charge of £1 \2s. a year, and 

 £2<)0 i8j. 2/1. Consols. 



Grindon. — Two scliools, both Church of England. Grindon School, seating 98, built in 

 1844 by I'ranccs Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, and a new school built in 1901, on a site 

 given by Viscount Boync. The Burton Holgatc Grindon Church Charity, with an income of 

 about /[ 1 2, is applied partly for religious instruction at this school. Wynyard Park School was 



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