Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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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)  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) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38) |
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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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 BTS51.jpg (taken 22.10.2010) |
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