Tyne and Wear HER(16577): South Hylton, St. Mary's National School - Details
16577
Sunderland
South Hylton, St. Mary's National School
South Hylton
NZ35NE
Education
School
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
St. Mary's National School erected by Reverend Robert Gray in 1836 at a cost of £450. It contained separate apartments for boys and girls and could accommodate 250 scholars. Whellan states the average attendance in 1856 as 140 and Thomas Brayfield and Ann H. Don as teachers. Location unknown.
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Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham