tozzin Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Has anyone any information on the Girls Charity School on St James Row? i.e. who ran it, rules and regs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Has anyone any information on the Girls Charity School on St James Row? i.e. who ran it, rules and regs etc. Hi tozzin i have found this snipit which might help a little bit. SPECTATOR IN HALLAMSHIRE . The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Saturday, May 09, 1874; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 The Girls' Charity School At the north-east corner of the church-yard stands the Girls' Charity School. This was erected in 1786 at the expense of £1500, which was raised by the contributions of many well-disposed persons in the town and neighbourhood of Sheffield. Sixty girls are here educated, maintained and clothed, and trained to be domestic servants. This charity has received several benefactions and legacies: but its property is still small, and it depends almost solely for its support upon its annual contributors, and congregational collections. (Hunter's Hallamshire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 A plan of the Girls' Charity School and premises between it and Campo Lane. 1823. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04072&pos=19&action=zoom&id=80486 Shows Campo Lane, Charity School, [St James Row], glebe land, along with tenants or owners: Samuel Hadfield, Widow Hall, late George Foster, Sarah Foster, Thomas Dixon, - Needham, - Bright, and late Thomas Newton now John Fordham. Land purchased by the Town Trustees. Under lease to the Girls' Charity School, 1840. Shows Campo Lane, Girls Charity School, glebe land and land / property of John Fordham. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04073&pos=18&action=zoom&id=80471 Former Girls' Charity School, No 15, St. James' Row. At the time of this photograph the owner was Mr. Shepherd and was occupied by Messrs. Shepherd, Fowler and Marshall. The school, established in 1786, relocated to Sharrow Lane in 1874. y02117 Photographer: R E Wilson A plain brick, three storey building of no special architectural merit. At the apex of the gable there is a semi-circular-sandstone tablet, of an estimated radius of 3', much weathered, with the inscription; This Charity School for Poor Girls was built by subscription AD 1786. Described in 1950s as in good condition. s06596 April 1977.w01852 Photographer: David Cathels. August 1984w01945 Photographer: Howard Smith Plaque reads: This Charity School for Poor Girls was built by subscription AD 1786. The school was established in 1786 and was removed from St. Jamesand Row to Mount Pleasant, Sharrow Lane in 1874. w00675 Mount Pleasant House, Sharrow Lane (Girl's Charity School)t06680 Entrance to the stable block, Mount Pleasant, Sharrow Lane (formerly Girls' Charity School) January 2000.v04636 Pupils of the Charity School for Poor Girls, Sharrow Lane. 1912.s09127 Children from the Girls' Charity School, Sharrow Lane. s06595 Photographer: T. Firth. Historic Sheffield City Centre Girls’ School becomes Apartment Complex. 13th July 2017. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/historic-sheffield-city-centre-girls-school-becomes-john-highfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Link to: Charity Schools: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/1845-charity-schools/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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