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Old School, Dufton
Dufton School
Street:-   Green (The) 
locality:-   Dufton
civil parish:-   Dufton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school (once) 
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY68812514
1Km square:-   NY6825
10Km square:-   NY62
references:-   OS County Series


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BSU86.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  
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BSU87.jpg (taken 2.6.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 9 3) 
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"

evidence:-   probably 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."
"..."
"DUFTON, founded by Christopher Walker, in 1670, and endowed by him with the interest of 40l. and by Michael Todd, with 4l. a year, payable out of lands at Knowle Green, in the parish of Staines, Middlesex."

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