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| school, Hallthwaites | ||
| Thwaites School | ||
| Hallthwaites School | ||
| locality:- | Hallthwaites | |
| civil parish:- | Millom Without (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| coordinates:- | SD17898547 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1785 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 88) |
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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" at Hallthwaites |
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| story:- |
Children were coached individually in The Catechism. When Catechising Sunday arrived
they were arranged in careful half circle, so that the right child got the right question.
On one occasion when the question about the Holy Ghost was asked a child answered:- |
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| "Please Sir, the boy who believes in the Holy Ghost has got measles." |
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| observation:- |
Established 1714. |
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