Kenton, national school

HER Number

7058

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Kenton, national school

Place

Kenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

National School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Built in 1843 by Lord Montagu, Matthew Bell of Woolsington and the National Society. Cost £470. A Church of England School in connection with the National Society. Church services were held here by the chaplain from St. Nicholas Hospital. The school closed in 1935 when Edgefield School in Fawdon was opened.

Easting

421580

Northing

567560

Grid Reference

NZ421580567560

Sources

Ordnance Survey first edition map 1850; Liz Palmer, 1993, Bygone Kenton, photo 14