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school, Sowerby Row
locality:-   Sowerby Row
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school
coordinates:-   NY39033969
1Km square:-   NY3939
10Km square:-   NY33
references:-   OS County Series


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BTS49.jpg (taken 22.10.2010)  
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BTS50.jpg  Plaque:-
"A D / 1751 / John Sowerby of Sowerby [Row] / hath dedicated this School with the yearly / Sum of 5 Pounds for ever where of 4 poor / Scholars appointed by the Trustees out of / How and Southernby Bounds sha[ ] / [b]e taught for 0 Pence [ ]ant [ ] each and / the cost of 2 Shillings [ ]" (taken 22.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38) 
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"


photograph
BTS51.jpg (taken 22.10.2010)  

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