Early Schools, Edington
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In 1808 ten girls were educated and clothed by the Lord of the Manor and thirty more were paid for by their parents.
In 1819 there were two day schools, with twenty pupils in each. One school was for boys, with ten pupils, paid for by the educational Foundation established by George Taylor, and the other was for girls.
There were also two Sunday Schools, accommodating 140 boys and 80 girls.
By 1835 there were three infant schools providing education for 44 pupils and paid for by the parents, one possibly located at West Coulston.
In 1859, between 40 and 50 girls were taught to read and sew, but not write, in a cottage room. The Edington boys and both sexes from Tinhead attended the school at Bratton. This is described in Warburton's Census of Schools of 1859 as a 'nice school room with a flagged floor and loose desks' and the children were taught by an untrained mistress. Discipline and instruction were moderate and the school was well supplied with books and apparatus.
In 1819 there were two day schools, with twenty pupils in each. One school was for boys, with ten pupils, paid for by the educational Foundation established by George Taylor, and the other was for girls.
There were also two Sunday Schools, accommodating 140 boys and 80 girls.
By 1835 there were three infant schools providing education for 44 pupils and paid for by the parents, one possibly located at West Coulston.
In 1859, between 40 and 50 girls were taught to read and sew, but not write, in a cottage room. The Edington boys and both sexes from Tinhead attended the school at Bratton. This is described in Warburton's Census of Schools of 1859 as a 'nice school room with a flagged floor and loose desks' and the children were taught by an untrained mistress. Discipline and instruction were moderate and the school was well supplied with books and apparatus.