Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| school, Martindale | ||
| Martindale School | ||
| locality:- | Martindale | |
| civil parish:- | Martindale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY43361903 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4319 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY41 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 4) |
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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:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 35:- "..." "The chapel of Martindale is a perpetual curacy, ... a Mr Richard Birker, who served this curacy sixty-seven years, ... He likewise taught a school, and served as parish-clerk; and in both these offices he likewise shewed his wonderful turn for economy and gain; for his quarter-dues from his scholars being small, he had from the parents of each scholar a fortnight's board and lodging; and the Easter days, being usually paid in eggs, he, at the time of collecting, carried with him a board, in which was an hole which served him as a gage, and he positively refuse to accept any which would pass through. ..." |
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