Tyne and Wear HER(7058): Kenton, national school - Details
7058
Newcastle
Kenton, national school
Kenton
NZ26NW
Education
Voluntary School
National School
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
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.
2158
6756
NZ21586756
Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850; Liz Palmer, 1993, Bygone Kenton, photo 14