SCHOOLS 



inhabitants of Manchester, and the other lo of 

 Stratford, five boys and five girls in each lo) in 

 writing and reading, until they could read per- 

 fectly any chapter in the Bible, and also in the 

 Church Catechism ; and during the time of their 

 learning, to furnish green clothes for the boys and 

 girls, as well as prayer books and other books. 

 The children were to publicly say their catechism 

 in the collegiate church of Manchester and chapel 

 of Stretford. Twenty-eight children, boys and 

 girls of Manchester, and 29 of Stretford were 

 clothed and educated free of expense in 1827. 



Stretford. — The school at Stretford, like 

 Hinde's School in Manchester, was founded 



11 February, 1723, by the will of Anne Hinde, 

 and endowed in the same terms and from the 

 same source. Out of the endowment 29 chil- 

 dren, boys and girls, of the township of Stretford 

 were clothed in green clothes, and educated free 

 of expense for three years. The boys were 

 taught reading, writing, and accounts, and the 

 girls were also instructed in sewing. 



Whitworth. — By indenture of 6 January, 

 1724, James Starkey granted to trustees six cot- 

 tages in Spotland, of about the yearly rent of 

 £(i 14J., £4 of which was for the use of a Pro- 

 testant schoolmaster at Whitworth chapel, or 

 some place near, who was to teach freely the 

 children of poor settled inhabitants, not exceeding 



12 in number, to spell and read English. The 

 school was at first held in the room of a house, 

 but in 1824 a new school was built on land 

 given for the poor by James Brearly in 1692. 

 In 1828 there were 50 paying and 12 free 

 scholars. 



Breightmet. — By will 14 April, 1725, Wil- 

 liam Baguley gave a sum of ;^200 for founding 

 a charity school in Breightmet, scholars appointed 

 by the trustees to be taught gratis. By indentures 

 12 and 13 June, 1729, William Baguley's execu- 

 tors granted an ancient messuage in Roscow Fold 

 in Breightmet and the adjoining land, upon trust, 

 that a school or schoolhouse might be erected, 

 and a schoolmaster appointed to teach gratis chil- 

 dren of Breightmet whose parents were not worth 

 j^40 of personal estate. The master took all the 

 children of Breightmet whose parents were not 

 worth ;^I00, and taught them reading without 

 charge : if they learnt writing, and accounts also, 

 they paid the usual fee. He received two-fifths 

 of the produce of Susannah Brookes's charity for 

 teaching free 6 poor children of Tonge-with- 

 Haulgh. In 1867 there were 175 children, 

 paying 2d. to 4^. a week. 



Fazakerley. — Samuel Turner gave a small 

 schoolhouse in 1725. A schoolmistress taught 

 there till about 1820, The house afterwards 

 fell into decay. There was also a school-stock 

 of ;^ 1 00 (a supposed legacy of Samuel Turner) 

 in the hands of Henry Lawrence, interest on 

 which at 5 per cent, used to be paid to the 

 schoolmistress. When Mr. Lawrence became 



bankrupt, the mistress received ^5 from the 

 township rate. 



Ormskirk. — The English school was built 

 in 1725 by subscription, and received a gift of 

 j^200 from the then earl of Derby ; this was 

 increased by other gifts, till there was an income 

 of j^32 from endowments, in 1828, with about 

 ;^6o from subscriptions. This school is now 

 combined with others under the designation of 

 the United Charity Schools. 



Butterworth : Milnrow School. — By in- 

 dentures 18 and 19 August, 1726, reciting that 

 Alexandra Butterworth had theretofore purposed 

 to erect and found a school at or near the village 

 of Mihirow, within Butterworth ; and that Rich- 

 ard Townley had erected two bays of good stone 

 building in Milnrow, for a schoolhouse ; Rich- 

 ard Townley granted to Alexandra Butterworth 

 and others various messuages and tenements in 

 Butterworth, upon trust, as to the newly erected 

 house, that it should be for ever used as a school- 

 house wherein youth should be taught English, 

 writing, and arithmetic by a Protestant school- 

 master. Out of the lands an annuity of ;^20 

 was to be paid to the master, on condition that 

 he taught the children of settled inhabitants 

 in Butterworth in the said subjects without other 

 wages or reward. The master taught 20 poor 

 children of Butterworth the three R's, without 

 charge. He had other scholars, who paid for their 

 instruction. 



Lytham. — This school is now secondary. 

 John Harrison by his will 17 February, 1728, 

 gave the residue of his personal estate, in trust, 

 for charitable uses for the benefit of inhabi- 

 tants of Lytham. In 1729 the trustees elected 

 a schoolmaster, to teach a free school. Wil- 

 liam Gualter gave to Lytham School on 9 July, 

 1745, several securities for money, amount- 

 ing to ;^99, the interest to be yearly paid to 

 the schoolmaster. He also by will I April, 

 1748, bequeathed the residue of his personal 

 estate in trust for the same purpose, upon condi- 

 tion that the schoolmaster would teach and in- 

 struct without other gratuity or reward all such 

 poor children within Lytham parish as should be 

 appointed by the trustees. The number of 

 scholars varied from 70 to 120, according to the 

 time of year, in 1826, increased to 190 in 1867. 

 The schoolmaster received a salary of j^6o and 

 taught all the children resident in the parish 

 reading, writing, and accounts without charge. 



Skelmersdale. — By indenture 2 October, 

 1732, Thomas Henry Ashurst, lord of the 

 manor of Skelmersdale, granted to trustees a build- 

 ing lately erected, called The School, with the 

 ground adjoining, for the instruction of youth. 

 By indenture 19 September, 1774, Roger 

 Topping sold to Richard Wilbraham Bootle and 

 others a messuage in Skelmersdale for the increase 

 of the schoolmaster's salary on condition that 

 he should teach without fee the children of in- 



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