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21 Oct 1839 Meeting passes resolution founding Church of England Instruction Society

28 Dec 1855 Name changed to Church of England Educational Institute.

19 Aug 1859 The first stone of the new building for the Church of England Educational Institute laid.

16 Jun 1860 Bazaar in new (incomplete) building

17 Sep 1860 New Lecture Hall opened with a Social Tea

Newspaper reports and Directories often abbreviated the name as the Church Institute

The building was built on the site of the old vicarage for the parish church which was demolished in the early 1850's. http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s19170&pos=12&action=zoom&id=21721

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