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| school, Reagill | ||
| Reagill School | ||
| locality:- | Reagill | |
| civil parish:- | Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY60411741 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6017 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BSK96.jpg (taken 2.4.2010)  BSK97.jpg (taken 2.4.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 8) |
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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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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "VILLAGE HALL / / / CROSBY RAVENSWORTH / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74068 / NY6041217412" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Village Hall, formerly school. 2 dates on inner door lintel: 1684, with initials R.S. (for the Reverend Randal Sanderson who endowed the school) and 1702, contained in a Greek inscription. A Roman letter inscription over one if the windows reads "Them that are meek the Lord shall guide in judg-/ment, &such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way." Mixed material, squared, coursed rubble and blocks, with quoins. Graduated slate roof has stone kneelers and coping to north gable. Single storey, 3 bays. Entrance on east side, through added porch. C19 two-light mullioned windows are diamond-leaded. 3-light window in north gable is reused from Crosby Ravenworth parish church. Stepped chimney to eaves on east side, gabled bellcote to north gable." |
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 BSK98.jpg Old school forms (taken 2.4.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
Randal Sanderson, educated at Appleby School and Queen's College, Oxford, became rector
of Wighill, Hampshire, where he died. He left a legacy endowing the free grammar school.
Over an inner door are two inscriptions:- |
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| "RS 1684" |
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| The greek inscription was made later, and can be roughly translated as:- |
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| "Drink, or begone." |
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| The last three letters are numbers, 1000+700+2, thus the date 1702. |
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