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school, Burton-in-Kendal (2)
suggested
locality:-   Burton-in-Kendal
civil parish:-   Burton-in-Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school (once) 
1Km square:-   SD5376 (?) 
10Km square:-   SD57

evidence:-   old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G823B323, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1823 part 2 p.323  "Rosegill, Oct. 2."
"..."
"BURTON, founded about the year 1657, and endowed by John Hutton with the residue of the rents and profits of an estate at Hindon, in the parish of Cockfield, in the county of Durham, after paying thereout 40s. a year to the poor in the parish of Cockfield. A subscription amounting to about 117l. was also raised for increasing the endowment of this School."

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