Kenton, national school

HER Number:
7058

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton, national school

Place:
Kenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Voluntary School

Site Type: Specific:
National School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Built in 1843 by Lord Montagu, Matthew Bell of Woolsington and the National Society. Cost £470. A Church of England School in connection with the National Society. Church services were held here by the chaplain from St. Nicholas Hospital. The school closed in 1935 when Edgefield School in Fawdon was opened.

Easting:
2158

Northing:
6756

Grid Reference:
NZ21586756

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850; Liz Palmer, 1993, Bygone Kenton, photo 14