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St Asaph’s C of E School Bow Street

Vivienne14

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This is the description of the school from British History Online:

ST. ASAPH'S C. OF E. SCHOOL, Bow Street. St. Thomas's National Sch., Bow St., built 1859. Enlarged 1862: after this it consisted of 2 schoolrooms (M, I), 1 classroom, and a teacher's house. Received annual grants from 1865. Name changed 1869 to St. Asaph's National Sch. Fees 1874: 1d.–3d. Altered 1894. Enlarged 1904. Bd. of Ed. condemned buildings 1912. Extensive alterations made 1929 and sch. reorganized for JI. Closed 1948 owing to the dangerous state of the building.

Collecting “any old iron” in 1940. Viv.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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