British School for Boys, Devizes

At first there was an evening school for boys in the British Girls' School, pictured here. The boys' school was opened in 1836 after the receipt of a state building grant in 1834. The school served the nonconformists of the town but was closed at short notice in 1893 in the mistaken belief that a school board was about to be formed in Devizes. The children were accommodated in the Town Schools or educated in the parish rooms.