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Sheet 64/13 Plan 13 Town of Morpeth

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Alms Houses Alms Houses Mr Wilson 5 chains S.W 5 small cottages in Cotting
Alms Houses Mr Nicholson of the Grammar Wood lane purchased by
Alms Houses Rt Shute Esqr School subscription for poor widows
Grammar School Grammar School Mr Wilson 2 Chains East A neat brick building
(Endowed) (Endowed) of Beggar Lane erected in 1859 the East Wing
Grammar School Rt Shute Esqr is appropriated for the use
(Endowed) of the teacher (the Revd Mr Banks)
Grammar School White’s Directory Vol:1 P.449 who resides in it, it was
(Endowed) endowed as a Free Grammar
School for the sons of the Freemen
of Morpeth but being in
Chancery for over 100 years
they gave up their claim to
it.
Founded and endowed by Edward VI.
but its statutes and ordinances were made by the Bailiffs
and burgesses, and confirmed by the Bishop of Durham.
on the 7th January 1725.
White’s Directory Vol:1 P.449
M. Costelloe

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