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‘Mr Thomas Rhys whose name is known to many beyond Cowbridge for the mention of it in Carlyle’s Life of John Sterling, was a schoolmaster and succeeded his relative Mr T Williams in the mastership of the private commercial academy at Cowbridge called the Eagle. . . .
Geoff Cordingley. In last year’s journal I traced the story of Cowbridge School from its foundation in 1863 up to 1915. The school was located in Dimsdale Street, to the rear of the Congregational Church in Cowbridge, and was originally built for 160 juniors and 44 infants.
- Thomas Smith
- The Plan of The School
- Raising Funding
- Henry Norris
- The Laying of The Foundation Stone
Thomas Smithwas born in Newington Butts in London. His father was the Kent County Surveyor. Thomas came to Hertford in 1823. As well as Cowbridge School and the accompanying Congregational Church, he also designed a number of other notable buildings: North Crescent, the General Infirmary in North Road and the Cowper Testimonial School in London Roa...
The school was designed with three rooms – a boys’ room 48′ 3” x 20′, 11′ to the plate1& 15′ 92 to the apex of the ceiling; a girls’ room 37′ 62 x 17′, 11′ to the plate, 15′ to the ceiling; and a classroom 25′ x 16′, 10′ 7” to the plate & 14′ 6” to the ceiling. There were to be boarded floors with adequate heating (open fires!) and ventilation (win...
Subscriptions amounted to £470 & a Government grant of £265 12s 6d was received. There appeared to be a shortfall of £228 7s 6d but most of this was covered by the proceeds from a ‘Fancy Fair’ held at Shire Hall in April 1862. A band played to entertain the customers. This fair raised a total of £210. After the school had been built there was still...
Henry was born in the Hertfordshire village of Barley. He was a journeyman carpenter. In the late 1840’s he was working in Hertford. He worked for a builder in Fore Street and eventually became general foreman. He worked on building the Hertfordshire Mercury Office (now Hertford House Hotel) in Fore Street. By 1861 he had established his own compan...
On Wednesday, 16th July 1862 the foundation stone was laid bt Rt Hon W. Cooper, MP, in the presence of a considerable number of friends of education. He was quoted by the Hertfordshire Mercury as saying: Friends of education of the town of Hertford have long felt the urgent necessity of establishing a British School. There had been difficulties in ...
Around 50 years ago, on 25 October 1974, more than 50 people met in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall to found the Cowbridge and District Local History Society. It was a time when Cowbridge was fighting to retain its ancient Grammar School, when new estates were being built, and when the High Street was being revitalised now that the by-pass ...
Cowbridge Grammar School Letter Books 1921-1947 "The Free School, known originally as the CowbridgeGrammar School, Cowbridge, Glamorgan, was founded in 1608, and moved to its present site in 1617. The patron of the school in its early days was Sir John Stradling (1563-1637). ............................."
The Government also had to make provision for the establishment of School Boards in areas where the number of elementary school places provided by the church authorities was insufficient to meet the needs of the locality.
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Jun 18, 2014 · Cowbridge schooling. Photographs and documents from the Cowbridge History Society digital archive relating to education matters and private schools in the area.
