Great Usworth, school

HER Number:
6795

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Great Usworth, school

Place:
Usworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890. Erected by Susan Peareth, widow, of Peareth Hall (HER 7050). The school was conveyed to trustees. The rectors of Washington, Boldon and Whitburn were to be governors of the school, at which poor children of Washington parish were to be taught arithmetic, penmanship and English grammar.

Easting:
3012

Northing:
5846

Grid Reference:
NZ30125846

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6795 >> Ordnance Survey 2nd edition map 1890; Albert L. Hind, 1976, History and Folklore of Old Washington