Nowes's School, Fisherton Anger, Salisbury
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In 1718 John Nowes of Hampshire left property to provide an income for decent clothing and schooling for 40 boys in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset.The boys were to be aged under 13 and to have Anglican parents. In 1721 it was decided that ten of these boys were to be from the Salisbury and Fisherton Anger area and they were taught in the schoolmaster's house at Fisherton. Instruction was free but the boys who were learning to write paid one penny a week for pens and ink.
By the 19th century the clothes prescribed by Nowes were very archaic and for this reason no boys under the age of eight were taken into the school. In 1833 each boy was receiving annually, two pairs of short leather boots, two pairs of stockings and two pairs of bands for these. Once a boy reached the age of 13 he was apprenticed and received £8 from the trustees. By the 1830s some of the school's cost were being paid by the parish and this was becoming a burden on Fisherton. In 1844 Nowes's school was absorbed by the Fisherton National School, which then received money from his charity for the free education of ten boys. The building was sold in 1865.
By the 19th century the clothes prescribed by Nowes were very archaic and for this reason no boys under the age of eight were taken into the school. In 1833 each boy was receiving annually, two pairs of short leather boots, two pairs of stockings and two pairs of bands for these. Once a boy reached the age of 13 he was apprenticed and received £8 from the trustees. By the 1830s some of the school's cost were being paid by the parish and this was becoming a burden on Fisherton. In 1844 Nowes's school was absorbed by the Fisherton National School, which then received money from his charity for the free education of ten boys. The building was sold in 1865.