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| Methodist Chapel | Methodist Chapel | Mr Guthrie | About 36 chains SE | A small neat stone edifice erected by public | ||
| (new Connexion) | Methodist Chapel | Mr Strother | of North Newton | subscription in 1851 by a body of the Methodists who | ||
| Methodist Chapel | Name cut on Stone | call themselves the new connexion, in accordance with | ||||
| (new Connexion) | the regulations of the said body divine service is performed | |||||
| here once on each Sunday throughout the year and | ||||||
| also a Sunday School for the children is held in the | ||||||
| Chapel and well attended | ||||||
| School | School | Mr Strother | About 36 chains S. | A good modern stone Building consisting a large | ||
| (Endowed) | School | Mr Wallace | of North Newton | School room for Boys and Girls annexed to which is | ||
| School | Mr Guthrie | a dwelling for the Master and Mistress. The School is | ||||
| (Endowed) | well attended and Endowed in the following manner | |||||
| namely. By wills bearing date of 1765 and 1770 Mr | ||||||
| Francis and Mrs Jane Strother left £300 the interest which was to be applied | ||||||
| for the Education of two poor children of every poor family in the township | ||||||
| £200 of which was vested in the funds and £100 in the Turnpike Road from | ||||||
| Buckton Burn to Newcastle. In order to secure the services of good Master | ||||||
| Mr Widdrington with the consent of the township has taken the endowment | ||||||
| into his own hand and undertakes to make good the Master and Ms Sallary | ||||||
| it is also arranged that the poor children pay 2d and others 4d per week none | ||||||
| therefore at present receive gratuitous education at this School Mr Widdrington | ||||||
| has the sole management of the School | ||||||
| Edw. Gillespie | ||||||
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