Forum: Schools

I would like to get in touch with any one who was at the Swanley, or descendents of any one who was there as a boy or staff member between 1883 and 1955. It was known as a Naval Orphanage and many boys joined the Merchant Navy or the Royal Navy.

looking for list of old boys to contact from watts naval school 1945 to 1949

In 1861 my maternal g-grandfather Samuel Edmund Law was shown on the England Census (Class RG9; Piece 3437;Folio 29; Page 14) as attending a Boarding School in East Hardwick, Pontefract, Yorkshire. I am trying to identify the School which appears to be a small one - and is not listed...

Hello. Is there any way in which you can find out which school your ancestors went to ? Susan

Just thought i would make a suggestion to all those in the School section. Many years a go i was on holiday in St Agnes in cornwall. It was the centenary of the village school. Someone had put together a booklet recording a few years of the schools life. I don't come from or have any relatives from...

My great grand-dad JOHN MORRIS WILKIE was a pupil teacher at this school in 1871. I recently found out that he was illegitimate and his mother Caroline Wilkie died of TB when he was just 5 years old. He went to live with his Aunt Elizabeth & Uncle Thomas McCubbin and I presume was brought up by...

My great grandfather Francis Robert TUTTON was Head of Quernmore School from 1916 to 1928. I've been trying to research his time there and so far have viewed a small archive at Bromley Library. Unfortunately this covers only from about 1910 to 1915 with a little from the 1960s. It contains...

Hi does anyone know what the school starting age would be in Kent for a child born December 1951? Thanks

Essendon Orphanage School catered for destitute children until it was burnt down in about 1882. Most pupils were moved to a similar institution in Kingsbury near Egdware. Does any know any dates or details about this?

Hey, I found out that one o my relatives, a Martha Hepzibah Ashford ran a private ladies school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Does anyone know where I can find more information about this? Schol records, photos ect? Thank you!

I bought a little copy of Alumni Felstedienses today which lists the names of boys who entered the Felsted school from its foundation to 1903. The first headmaster was at the school in 1566, but the names of the pupils don't start until the 5th headmaster is at the school 1627 - 49. The...

My 5xg grandfather, George Heslop, was a Schoolmaster, and after my long investigations I believe that in the 1820s he may have been head of a school near the village of Newsham, North Yorkshire, called Earby Hall. (George died in 1841, just a couple of weeks before the census. He had been...

Hi, l've found my husband's GGrandfather in the Middlesex county industrial school in 1881, l've looked at his family in the same census and they all are together, so doesn't seem to be a problem with the family staying together, so l'm thinking maybe he was a naughty boy in some way he was only...

Hi All, I have come across the following marriage entry which relates to my Palmer line.............. Marriage: 27 Dec 1937 St Stephen, Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire, England John Woolley Palmer - 29, Teacher, Bachelor, of 302 Bolton Rd Kearsley Clarice Fenton - 29, Teacher,...

hi, I was wondering if anyone had any information about this school as I have searched the internet and found very little information about it. My grandmother and great aunt attended this school from 1925-1938. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

Would anyone have access to the Alumni List of Eton's. Is there a published and available book? Any information would be of help. Regards

Cockshut Hill School, Yardley, Birmingham Does anyone have a picture of the old Cockshut Hill School badge which was in use in the 1960's/70's please?

http://www.kellington.net/page%2052.htm This is a link to the log books from Beal School, West Yorkshire. It gives a fascinating insight into the goings-on in school in those days. My grandfather is also mentioned, he was disciplined for playing truant:eek6: Hope someone will find it...

A question for those of you slightly older than me! Has the School year started in a month other than September? I`m trying to puzzle how two ladies I know - born March 1944 & December 1944 could be in the same school year. If it was different when did it change? Thanks Mitch