Penshaw, Londonderry Endowed School

HER Number:
16606

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Londonderry Endowed School

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Painshaw Endowed School for Boys and Girls is listed in Whellan's directory of 1856. It was erected by the Marquis of Londonderry in 1847. The school promoted moral and religious education for the children for the workmen of the Londonderries. The children were taught for free but a charge of one penny per week was made for books etc. The average number of scholars in 1856 was 200 and the teachers are noted as James O. Clazey and Isabella Monkhouse.

Easting:
3226

Northing:
5276

Grid Reference:
NZ32265276

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; Ordnance Survey first edition, c.1856