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school, Martindale
Martindale School
locality:-   Martindale
civil parish:-   Martindale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school (ex) 
coordinates:-   NY43361903
1Km square:-   NY4319
10Km square:-   NY41


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 4) 
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"

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 35:-  "..."
"The chapel of Martindale is a perpetual curacy, ... a Mr Richard Birker, who served this curacy sixty-seven years, ... He likewise taught a school, and served as parish-clerk; and in both these offices he likewise shewed his wonderful turn for economy and gain; for his quarter-dues from his scholars being small, he had from the parents of each scholar a fortnight's board and lodging; and the Easter days, being usually paid in eggs, he, at the time of collecting, carried with him a board, in which was an hole which served him as a gage, and he positively refuse to accept any which would pass through. ..."

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