Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| school, Gosforth | ||
| High School House | ||
| Gosforth School | ||
| locality:- | Gosforth | |
| civil parish:- | Gosforth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| coordinates:- | NY06420369 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0603 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY00 | |
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 BTE06.jpg (taken 13.7.2010)  BTE08.jpg Plaque on the end wall:- "THIS ROOM WAS ERECTED BY THE / REVD. FRANCIS FORD PINDER M[A] / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / AS A SCHOOLROOM / FOR THE USE OF / THE FEMALE CHILDREN / OF THIS PARISH / 1861" (taken 13.7.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 78 6) placename:- High School placename:- Gosforth High School |
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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. "High School" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY00SE.jpg "School" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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 BTE07.jpg (taken 13.7.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
It is said that Robert Walker, the Wonderful Walker, taught here early 18th century. |
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