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| school, Milnthorpe | ||
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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 BUN45.jpg (taken 6.5.2011)  BUN46.jpg Plaque, now in the garden wall:- "1834 / THIS SCHOOL WAS BUILT BY / GEORGE WILSON ESQR. / OF DALLAM TOWER." (taken 6.5.2011) |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto sourcePage 18:- "[Milnthorpe] ... At the grammar-school here, Bishop Watson was educated by his father, who was head master." |
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