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| school, Burneside | ||
| Burneside School | ||
| Street:- | Steele's Row (?) | |
| locality:- | Burneside | |
| civil parish:- | Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | school (once) | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD50499578 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5095 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
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 BLM66.jpg (taken 31.12.2005)  BMJ69.jpg Inscribed slate:- "This School was Rebuilt by the Benefaction OF THE REV: ALLEN FISHER of Hundow in Strickland Roger who Likewise bequeathed Six Hundred pounds for its Endowment and other pious Uses. And departed this Life May 16th. 1787 Aged 84." (taken 11.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 15) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Endowed School" |
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| hearsay:- |
Allen Fisher's bequest included a library of books which 'must never leave the building'. |
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