See
David Blair
George Secker was headmaster [1849-1876].
In 1860, the School was enlarged at the expense of Jane Moss and
her sister, and separate departments for boys and girls established.
In 1861, Miss Emma Watson was mistress when she married
Wilson Hartley
On 19th February 1913, a portrait of Mayor Robert Jackson was
presented to the school by Frank Stenhouse of Rochdale,
formerly of Walsden
Some children in schools at Liverpool, were brought to work in the
mills of the Calder Valley.
The Industrial Schools Act 1857 gave magistrates the power to
commit homeless and other children – between the ages of 7 and
14 – to a term in one of these institutions.
From 1870, the local Education Committee were responsible for the
schools.
See
Richard Kershaw Lumb,
Ragged School and
Shibden Industrial School
See
Misses Rouse Girls' School
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