A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 



PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (continued) 



Date of Deed of 

 Foundation 



or of 

 Trust Deed 



or of 



Formation 



of School Board 



28 Jan. 1854 

 13 May 1875 



Date 



of 

 Building 



or 

 Opening 



of 

 School 



i860 



187s 



I 



— 1853 



I5june,l870i 1870 



— : 18+3 



School Board 1874 



formed 

 19 Feb. 1875 

 7 Sept. 1 844 



1866 

 3 Oct. 1864 

 School Board 



formed 

 2 Mar. 1878 

 25 Jan. 1841 

 I 5 July, 1859 



7 Dec. 1867 



I 5 May 1868 

 School Board 



formed 

 20 Apr. 1 87 1 



School Board 

 formed 



8 Mar. 1875 



School Board 

 formed 



10 June, 1 8 74 



School Board 



formed 

 4 Dec. 1877 



1867 

 1865 



1841 

 i860 



1867 



1868 

 1871 



1874 

 1876 



1856 



Name of School 



Odell". . 

 Old Warden 



Pavenham ** 

 Pertenhall " 

 Podington " 

 Potton . . 



PulloxhiU 



Ravensden *' 

 Renhold". 

 Ridgmont ^ 



Riseley " 

 Roxton . 



.Ch 



.Ch 

 . N 

 .Bd 



N 



.Ch 



.Ch 

 .Bd 



Salford and Holcot" 



N 



Sandy™ . . . N 



Sharnbrook . . Bd 



Shillington ' 



.Bd 



Shillmgton Lower 



Stondon . . Bd 



Silsoe«». . . .Ch 



Souldrop . . Bd 



No. of 

 Scholars 

 for whom 

 Accom- 

 modation 



is 

 Provided 



108 



158 



131 



89 

 138 



456 



141 



122 

 122 



233 



196 

 116 



7+ 



519 



178 



422 



120 

 318 



^7 Built by subscription. 



^8 Built by Joseph Tucker, 



fi^ Endowed with ^^lo yearly from the parish charities, 



60 Enlarged in 1868. 



61 Site conveyed by trustees of Town and Poor Estate ; regu- 

 lated by scheme of Charity Commissioners of 3 Dec, 1897. 



62 Endowed with the Beecher Charity, 1723. 



68 Formerly a national school built in 1854. Infants* depart- 

 ment added 1878. 



64 Enlarged 1848 and 1872. 



66 Supported partly by the Town Lands Charity under the 

 Charity Commissioners* scheme, 14 July, 1868. 



66 Enlarged about 1877 and infants' school built i8g6. 



67 Built as a parish school. Leased to School Board and 

 enlarged 1874. 



68 School was in existence more than fifty years ago. Built 

 and maintained by the owners of the Wrest Estate. 



Name of School 



Southill : 



Southill . . . . 



Southill Broom, In- 

 fants' 



Stanford Infants' . 

 Stagsden . . .Ch 

 Stanbridge : 



Egginton . . Bd 



Stanbridge . . Bd 

 Steppingley . . Bd 



Stevington ' 



Stotfold™ 



Stotfold" . 

 Streatley " . 



Studham " . 

 Sundon 



Sutton " . 

 Swineshead 



Tempsford " 

 Thurleigh " 



.Bd 



Bd 



, N 

 Bd 



.Ch 

 .Bd 



.Ch 

 .Bd 



Tingrith, Miss Tre- 

 vor's 

 Toddington : 

 Chalton . . .Bd 



No. of 

 Scholars 

 for whom 

 Accom- 

 modation 



is 

 Provided 



228 



40 



50 



75 



152 

 98 



176 



•95 



280 

 56 



106 



97 



80 

 64 



187 

 115 



90 



50 



«» Built by the Duke of Bedford. Enlarged in 1875. 



1" Founded in 1829 by H. O. Roe, whose trustees gave the 

 present building (built in 1875) to the School Board. Enlarged 

 in 1890. 



'1 Conveyance of site 14 Mar. 1843 and further deed in 1853. 

 Endowed with part of the Roe and Hindley Charities founded 

 by deeds of 20 May, 1837, and subsequently. 



7" Richard Norton by will of 10 Aug. 1686 gave an annual 

 rent-charge of ,^10 for the free school which he had apparently 

 founded. 



?' This school is the private property of Earl Brownlow. 



'■i This school was built early in the nineteenth century. In 

 1870 the old building was removed and a new one erected. 



'1^ Founded by W. Stuart and the school is apparently the 

 property of the Stuart family. 



'" Supported partly by endowment of the free school founded 

 by George Franklyn in 161 8. 



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