William Childe is shown in Pigot and co.'s national commercial directory for 1828/29 under academies. Is it possible to trace which academy or school he taught at, details of the school and his address and qualifications. He had married Mary Anne Ball in Broseley in 1826 and in 1 document is described as a classical tutor. Any help would be appreciated. Barb
Thank you Fiona for your help but I can find no reference to Childe or Broseley school. Barb
Hi Sorry, I did not see the Broseley bit.
I have found this on the following website, no name mentioned but may help in contacting someone to help you find previous teachers etc. Also I have Broseley Library is situated in the old school?, I know from my own research my mums school and her mums school is in use as an information centre and they have loads of informative information about it. Might be worth a look?
By 1837 there was a National school (fn. 88) which before 1843 was being held in a room, 61 × 21ft., over the market hall. (fn. 89) In 1849 it had 205 places and attendance averaged 113; there were three pupil teachers. (fn. 90) A new National school,with three departments, was built in 1855 on a site south-west of the Square provided by Lord Forester; (fn. 91) a teacher's house adjoined. Built of blue brick to a design by Robert Griffiths in the Tudor style, the school cost £1,600; the National Society made a grant. (fn. 92) It was enlarged in 1876 to hold 550 pupils. (fn. 93) By 1852 the school was under inspection and earning pupil teachers' grants; by 1868 it also earned drawing grants and in the 1860s and 1870s night-school grants. (fn. 94) By 1878 there was a Standard VII. (fn. 95) Some pupils left to attend the undenominational school(1871–4) but returned when it closed. (fn. 96) The school was overcrowded in the 1870s and 1880s,with c. 400 pupils in 1885. Overcrowding became worse despite the opening of BroseleyWood C.E. Infant school in 1892, and attendance averaged c. 474 by 1913. (fn. 97) Seven headteachers served for long periods but assistants changed frequently. (fn. 98)
Found on here: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22876#s16
Good luck
Fiona
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Thank you for your help Fiona, so far no luck, all the info seems to start from about 1830! Barb
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Hi,
This might be totally not what you require or helps but I have found this
http://www.cecilia-uk.org/html/search/verb/GetRecord/877
Fiona