SCHOOLS 



the Trustees and Governours for the use of the Schole. 

 Such a promis I require every Exhibitioner to make 

 in a very solemn manner in the presence of the 

 Trustees. 



Dr. Word, dean of Ely, and formerly master 

 of St. John's College, Cambridge, an old pupil, 

 left ;^500 by will dated 24 November, 1838, to 

 augment the exhibitions. 



The school was free, i.e. there were to be no 

 tuition fees. But, the founder adds, 



my intent and meaning is not to debar the Master 

 and Usher ftom that common priviledg in all free 

 Scholes of receiving Presents, Benevolences, Gratuities, 

 etc., from their Scholars, their Parents and Friends. 

 I am so far from putting so hard a thing upon the 

 Master and Usher, that I do require the Parents of all 

 such youths as have the Benefit of Education at my 

 free Schole to be kind to the Master. 



Twice a year each scholar was to present the 

 master and usher with not more than 5^., or less 

 than 2s. 6d. Each scholar also paid ' the usual 

 Cockmony at Shrovetide,' and 6d. a year ' to 

 keep the Glass windows of the Schole in good 

 repaire.' 



In 1 899 it was obvious that the old foundation 

 was inadequate to meet the requirements of the 

 neighbourhood, and a new scheme was formed 

 under the sanction of the Charity Commis- 

 sioners. The local girls' school company merged 

 their interests with those of the grammar school. 

 By a scheme under the Endowed Schools Acts 

 of 7 October, 1899, ;^i 8,000 and j{|2,050 a year 

 were added to the endowment of the school, then 

 about ;^700 a year, out of the Hulme Trust 

 estates, referred to under Manchester Grammar 

 School. The new buildings were erected under 

 the present head master, the Rev. W. H. Howlett, 

 who has held office since 1879, and has about 

 190 boys at fees of 9 guineas a year. 



BOLTON LE SANDS SCHOOL 



The free grammar school was founded in 

 1625 in accordance with the will (5 May, 

 161 9) of Thomas Assheton, who devised a 

 tenement in Hest to Thomas Assheton the 

 younger, on condition of paying a yearly rent of 

 80J. towards the maintenance of a school. A 

 sum of £60f being arrears of rent from parish 

 property, was employed for the same purpose. 

 The site was conveyed in January, 1638. The 

 building was enlarged in 1857, and the income 

 from endowment is about £so. In 1865, on 

 the occasion of Mr. Bryce's visit, the school 

 was, as at present, elementary. 



UPHOLLAND SCHOOL 



This grammar school, founded in 1668 by 

 Robert Wathew, was reconstituted by the En- 

 dowed Schools Commissioners in 1877. The 



endowment amounts to about ^70 per annum. 

 The numbers now in attendance are 52, and the 

 school is to be financed by the Lancashire County 

 Council. 



OVER KELLET SCHOOL 



A free grammar school was founded in 1677 

 by Thomas Wilson, then of Kirkby Kendal, 

 yeoman, afterwards of Hall Garth in Over 

 Kellet, ' for the better propagating of learning 

 and good literature within the township of Over 

 Kellet.' He deposited ;^200 in the hands of 

 nineteen trustees or governors for an endow- 

 ment. In 1 717 this capital, with £6^ belong- 

 ing to the churchwardens and overseers, was 

 invested in real estate in Borwick, the interest 

 of which was acquired in 1866 by the school 

 trustees. The school premises, standing on a 

 parcel of waste ground, have been rebuilt and 

 enlarged at various times by the inhabitants of 

 the township. The clear yearly income is about 

 ;^6o. The school has long been elementary. 



COCKERHAM SCHOOL (GARSTANG) 



A licence for building the school was granted 

 by the bishop of Chester, 9 August, 1679, and 

 the school was erected at the cost of the parish- 

 ioners in the north-east corner of the churchyard 

 in 1 68 1. It was moved to its present site in 

 1829. An endowment of two fields and a con- 

 tribution from the lords of the manor bring in 

 some j^ 54 a year. There is no evidence that the 

 education was at any time other than elementary. 



NEWCHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 



(in Rossendale) 



This grammar school was founded in 1 701 

 by John Kershaw for instruction in Latin and 

 English subjects fi-ee ; other subjects were to be 

 charged for. The endowment amounted to 

 about ;^6o per annum. Kershaw's tombstone 

 bears the following inscription — 



In memory of John Kershaw of Wolfenden Boote 

 Fold, the beneficent donor of the estates situated in 

 Heald, Bacup, Booth, for the benefit of New Church 

 School. He was buried i February, 1701, aged 

 eighty-five years. Anne Kershaw, his wife, was buried 

 4 January, 1 709. 



They lived long beloved, 

 And dyed bewailed. 

 And two estates 

 Upon one school entailed. 



In 1880 the old building was abandoned, and 

 eventually the present building was erected. 

 Some 100 boys are now in attendance. A 

 large municipal school is in course of erection at 

 Waterfoot — half a mile away — into which the 

 old grammar school will be absorbed under a 

 scheme of the Lancashire County Council, 



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