Great Usworth, school
Great Usworth, school
HER Number
6795
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Great Usworth, school
Place
Usworth
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
School
Site Type: Specific
Free School
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey 2nd edition of 1890. Erected by Susan Peareth, widow, of Peareth Hall (HER 7050). The school was conveyed to trustees. The rectors of Washington, Boldon and Whitburn were to be governors of the school, at which poor children of Washington parish were to be taught arithmetic, penmanship and English grammar.
Easting
430120
Northing
558460
Grid Reference
NZ430120558460
Sources
<< HER 6795 >> Ordnance Survey 2nd edition map 1890; Albert L. Hind, 1976, History and Folklore of Old Washington