SCHOOLS 



built by Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry, and is let by the Marquis of Londonderry on a 

 yearly agreement. 



Hamsterley (Auckland Union). — An undenominational school, seating 193, built in 1822 

 by subscription, was enlarged in 1898. 



Harraton. — A Church of Kniihuid School, seating 379, built in 1876 and enlarged 1892, 

 belongs to the Earl of Durh.im, who lets it on a yearly agreement. 



Hart. — A Church of England Scliool, seating 79, built in 1838 by the first Duke of Cleveland, 

 and enlarged by subscription in 1873 and 1895, is held from Sir Powlett Milbank under lease of 

 19 June, 1895, for no specified term. Under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners 2 June, 1891, 

 the bequest made by the Rev. Christopher Fulthorpe, by will of 30 June, 1707, now represented by 

 a rent charge of ^{^30 and ^^45 61. <,d. Consols, is applied to this school. 



Harton. — St. Peter's, Church of England School, seating 105, was founded 1876. 



Haswell. — Two schools, a Council school, seating 776, and Hctton South Colliery School, 

 seating 663, built 1838, belonging to the South Hctton Coal Company, by which it is partly 

 supported. 



Haughton le Skerne. — The so-called National School was established in 1768, and ^^140, 

 then subscribed, was invested in 1808, with £^0, bequeathed in 1789 by Mrs. Alexander for the 

 poor, in cottages now let for ;^8 a year, of which the school receives £6. It was re-built in 181 5, 

 subsequently enlarged, and now seats 262. 



Hawthorn. — Robert Foster's school at Hawthorn, connected with the Society of Friends, 

 founded 24 November, 1736, was sold in 1865, and the income of the endowment, about ;{^365 

 Consols, is applied, under scheme of the Charity Commissioners 9 July, 1869, in educating poor 

 children of Sunderland. St. Michael's, Church of England School, seating 132, built in 1863 by 

 R. L. Pemberton, is hired from J. S. G. Pemberton, M.P., on a yearly agreement. 



Healeyfield. — A Council school, seating 264, was built in 1877. 



Hedleyhope. — There are 2 schools. A British School, seating 309, was built and founded 

 in 1872 by Sir B. Samuelson and Co., Ltd., and the Hedley Hill Colliery School, seating 209, was 

 built in 1 87 1 by the owners of the colliery, and enlarged 1899. 



Heighington. — An addition to the site of this school, the old Grammar School, was made by 

 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 31 December, 1878, and at the same time the school was united 

 with the National Society. The endowment, consisting of a rent charge and about 20 acres of land, 

 produces about ;^47 a year. The school has seating accommodation for 237. 



Helmington Row. — There are 3 schools, one representing a school built in 1849, 2 Council 

 schools, seating 668, and Crook's Roman Catholic School, seating 436, built in 1854, and enlarged 

 1894. 



Hetton Urban District. — There are 3 schools, 2 of which, the Easington Lane and 

 Eppleton Colliery schools, seating 1,898, belong to the Hetton Coal Company, who let them on a 

 yearly agreement ; and the Hetton le Hole National School, seating 1,068, built in 1834. The girls' 

 and infants' departments of this school belong to the company, and are let on a yearly agreement. 



High Coniscliffe. — The National School, seating 87, was founded 1848. 



Houghton le Spring Urban District. — Sir George Wheeler, by will of 23 May, 1719, 

 bequeathed ;^6oo for educating and clothing poor girls of Houghton, Newbottle, and East Rainton. 

 Under Chancery scheme of 23 February, 1850, 24 girls are clothed and educated at St. Michael's 

 National School, which seats 407, and was built 1855. The endowment consists of land producing 

 an income of about ;^I37 and ;^i62 i6f. 10^. Consols. There are 4 other schools, a Wesleyan 

 school, seating 294, built in 1 861, 2 National, both built in 1872, and seating 1,081 ; and a Roman 

 Catholic school, seating 405, built 1880. 



Hunstanworth. — A school, seating 120, built in 1863. 



HuNWiCK AND Helmington. — A National School, seating 450, built on the site given in 

 1848 by Matthew Bell, and enlarged at different times. 



HuRWORTH. — There was already a school here in 1770, when the inhabitants agreed to build 

 a new school on part of the waste, which was pulled down when, under deed 22 April, 1831, 

 the present National School, seating 232, was erected on a new site. The school has been subse- 

 quently enlarged, and is regulated hy scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 8 August, 1 861. It 

 has an endowment of 11 acres of land, let for ^{^i 3 a year. The Wesleyan school, founded in 1 873, 

 seats 1 1 o. 



HuTTON Henry, — A School Board was formed 1 2 October, 1899. There are 2 schools ; the 

 Church of England School, seating 153, built in 1871, is hired from R. Burdon on a yearly 

 agreement ; the Council School, seating 474, was built 1892. 



Hylton. — A School Board was formed 15 July, 1889. There are 2 Council schools, 

 seating 716 ; of which North School was founded as a National School ; was leased to the School 

 Board in 1879. 



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