(born ? and died in 1701)
Thomas Cowley, a landowner by deed in 1701, and by will in 1711 and 1718, bequeathed his estate to endow an almshouse and a charity school to teach twenty poor childre…
(Born in 1858)
English Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Holland with Boston constituency from 1918 until 1924.
He was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, an…
Sir John Wilson Gleed, M.A., J.P. (1865–1946) was Chairman of the Holland Education Committee and of Holland County Council. He was knighted for political and public service by King George VI on 13 Ju…
photos kindly donated by Myra Featherstone
Town School, Main Road, Quadring in 1905 / 1906:
Below: Miss Wilson (in 1889) and Maud Lucas, both headmistresses of Town School in Quadring.
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Miss Mary Spencer, a village schoolmistress in Quadring, was murdered brutally in 1842, aged 40.
She lived in a cottage off the turnpike road, and pupils would visit her there for lessons. One Frid…
Another school photo 1950 back row L-R. Desmond Huddleston, George Booth, Barry Garner, Peter Barnes, Ernie Burton, Malcolm Harrison, John Barker,Michael Jackson, Tom Thorpe, Eric Waters.
3rd row L-R…
