Schoolday Memories
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) MEMORIES OF CORNFORTH LANE SCHOOL (COXHOE PRIMARY SCHOOL) Julie Cook shares her interviews with former staff of the school. During my research into the history of education in Coxhoe, I interviewed two teachers who taught at Coxhoe Primary School, previously Cornforth Lane. The first was Tony Potts, who, having graduated…
The Coxhoe School Board
(Copyright Coxhoe Local History Group) Until the Education Act of 1870 school attendance was voluntary. In the early 19th century schooling was provided by various religious bodies as well as in dame schools and in adventure schools which were schools provided by industrialists. From 1833 government grants were paid to the existing religious foundations which…
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