In the 1940s, it was the smallest school in the country with 2 pupils
and one teacher – Miss Margaret Greenwood, and its single
classroom was in a former farmhouse.
It closed in 1948.
Pupils at the school have included
Closed in 1???
When the new building opened in 1818, the trustees included Abraham Scholfield, James Scholfield and his son John
the younger
It started as an evening school and specialised in elementary
subjects.
In 18??, he began to take day scholars.
He also taught half-timers from
His wife and daughter also taught at the school, and his wife
continued the school after John's death.
Levi Haigh wrote a poem about the school, which by
his time, was in ruins
In the 1870s, the Academy was run by Mr Nelson and Mr Young.
In 1877, a pupil won an exhibition to Owen's College, Manchester.
Leach Colour Works were later built on the site.
See
Miles Sharp
Designed by J. F. Walsh.
Masters & teachers at the School have included
The average attendance was 461 [1881], and 413 [1882].
It accommodated around 850 pupils [1894].
It accommodated 314 boys, 304 girls and 306 infants [1911].
It accommodated 314 boys, 304 girls and 284 infants [1917].
It accommodated 191 seniors and 384 juniors [1936].
See
Evening Classes
See
Evening Classes
It was at
Woolshops [1822]
and
5 Carlton Place, Halifax [1834]
In 1850, Joseph Lewthwaite & Son was listed at 5 Woolshops as
When the buildings were demolished, the school moved to 27 Wade Street, Halifax.
In 1822, it was listed as Leyland & Son.
Francis Alexander Leyland and his brother,
Joseph, were educated at the school.
Francis ran the school for a time
This was the gift of Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker.
There is a datestone: ECSW 1866 for Sutherland-Walker.
It was built – on land called 5 days' work – at a cost of
£5,000.
It was Sutherland-Walker's intention that it be a
non-denominational school.
It lay empty for a time before opening in January 1869.
It opened in 1869 as two schools – one for boys, one for girls – and
remained like this until the 2 amalgamated in 1906.
The school is still in use.
See
John Brooke and
The Story of a School
In 1955, Archibald Lionel Watkins, a mathematics teacher from
Somerset, bought the school for £2,000.
He ran the school with his wife, Maude.
It accommodated 160 pupils.
In 1959, the school was taken over by his son, Philip.
He ran the school with his wife, Joan.
In 1979, the school was taken over by their daughter, Jackie.
In 2009, the name was changed to Hipperholme Grammar Junior School
Each Saturday evening the school desks were moved into a nearby barn
so that services could be held in the Chapel.
The scholars replaced the desks on Monday morning
See
Black Field House, Soyland
Scholars here have included
It was extended 1856.
It was restored and extended in 1928.
It closed in 1993.
The Luddenden lockups were a part of the building.
See
Luddenden School Pierrot Troupe
At the junction of High Street / New Road.
It is now a private house
It was rebuilt and opened on 8th December 1928
It accommodated 293 children [1895]
It has been converted into private housing
Around 1860, Luddendenfoot Congregational Savings Bank was
established at the School
It was John Whitworth's plan to build a new School at the
Methodist Chapel, but he died before money could be raised for the
project.
In 1879, his brother William gave
£153 10/6d towards the School.
When teachers found Anne and Eliza passing
love-letters, Anne was expelled and returned to Halifax.
Some sources call the school Manor House School
the poorly-clad and poorly-fed of the community
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