Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology

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DOING A PARISH HISTORY

A GUIDE TO LOCAL BOOKS AND OTHER SOURCES

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12. Schools

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See List 1b for vols. X and XII of the History of Lincolnshire; List 2 for Bennett and Bennett (maps 38 and 48); List 3 for directories; List 13 for Charities Report.

R. C. Russell A History of Schools and Education in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, 1800-1902 four volumes Lincoln, 1965-67.
R. C. Russell Living and Learning in Lindsey, Lincolnshire 1830-90: a history of adult education in North Lincolnshire Hull, 1994.

Example of the kind of 'lead' to be found concerning school history from an entry in White's Directory of Lincolnshire for 1872:

The Free Endowed School (at KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY), with master's house attached, is situate on the Green. It was founded in the reign of Elizabeth, under a decree of the Court of Exchequer, 'for the universal benefit of the inhabitants'. It has never, however, within the memory of man, been of much benefit to the inhabitants, owing to the mode in which it has been conducted, and they are now anxiously looking for some improvement to be effected under the Endowed Schools Act.

It then goes on to give details of an enclosure allotted under the enclosure award, of scholarships to Magdalene College, Cambridge never taken up, and so on.

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