Village School Roman Bank
The ‘village school’ is listed as being on County Bank in 1841. The building has since been demolished (sometime before 1932) but was situated opposite the Methodist church (now the Old Church second-hand shop) on Roman Bank.
The schoolmaster was Joseph Jepson age 40, who was born outside Lincolnshire. His wife, Martha, aged 30, son George, 15, and daughter, Mary aged 3 lived with him at the school.
1841 census
On the 1851 census Thomas Addleshaw was listed as the schoolmaster.
1851 census
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