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    612-822-4611

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The Hundred Pound School: A history of Richard Durning's Endowed School and its associated charity

The Hundred Pound School: A history of Richard Durning's Endowed School and its associated charity

Skipworth, Robert

Paperback

General Education

ISBN10: 1519757999
ISBN13: 9781519757999
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Apr 7 2016
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

First published in 1992, with a second edition on 2016 this book was originally published in 1992 to coincide the tercentenary celebrations of Richard Durning's Endowed School, a rural primary school at Bispham, near Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK. The book sold well and was an important part of a year of celebrations. The school still occupies the original building which has been extended and modernised. Key to the existence of the school is the foundation Charity, Richard Durning's School Charity, set up by the founder to support the school and provide money for the binding of apprentices. Though the school is now run as a state primary school the charity still helps the school and its former pupils who can now receive grants to help them learn a trade or profession. The charity possesses every minute of every one of its meetings since 1693. This edition of the book has been updated to bring the story up to the present with details of the life of the school in 2026 and a history of the building. The book will be of interest to anyone connected with the school. It will also be of particular interest to those studying the history of English education to see how the various acts of parliament have affected life in this rural endowed primary school.

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