Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Elizabeth Fuller (1644–1709) founded a Free School for boys and girls in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. At the end of the 17th century there was already an existing Free School at Watford, which Mrs Elizabeth Fuller of Watford Place found too small.

  2. In 1704 philanthropist Elizabeth Fuller of Watford founded a charity school on land adjoining the parish churchyard. The original building, which was known as The Free School, may still be seen. The 40 boys and 20 girls were taught to read, write and 'cast accounts'.

  3. Oct 28, 2021 · The ninth part of '50 events and dates that shaped Watford’ takes us back more 300 years to the work of an education pioneer who created what became Watford Grammar School for Boys and Girls.

  4. Watford Free School. At the end of the 17th century there was already an existing Free School at Watford, which Mrs Elizabeth Fuller of Watford Place found too small. In 1704 she built a new Free School for forty boys and twenty girls on her land next to the churchyard, with rooms for the Master and man, and in 18 she endowed it with £2 a year ...

  5. Archives. In 1704, during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14), Dame Elizabeth Fuller funded and established the Watford Free School to educate 40 boys and 20 girls (aged 7 to 14 years) from poor families in the town and parish of Watford.

  6. Watford Grammar School for Boys has a vibrant and spacious library, named after our school founder Dame Elizabeth Fuller. Offering a welcoming environment for students, our library aims to foster literacy, independent learning and a love of reading for pleasure in all students.

  7. People also ask

  8. In 1704, philanthropist- Elizabeth Fuller of Watford, founded a charity school on land adjoining the parish churchyard. The original building, which was known as The Free School, still stands. The 40 boys and 20 girls that attended were taught to read, write and 'cast accounts'.

  1. People also search for