❈ Bosbury Boys and Girls Schools ❈
Notes from Parliamentary Papers 1819 - 1901


Digest of Returns Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, HC 224 (1819) ix (1), p. 332.

Accessed at British Parliamentary Papers online

Bosbury with Upleadon Division popn 904. John Lodge Vicar.

Endowments: ‘A grammar school free to all who learn Latin, containing from 20 to 25 children; 10 or 12 of whom are instructed gratuitously in reading, writing and arithmetic; the school was founded prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who bequeathed to it an annual stipend of 8l. 4s. 2d.; the master has about 60l. per annum, the produce of lands and houses. The vicar states, the trustees of the above charity have been guilty of great misconduct and neglect of duty, in letting lands and tenements at much less than their value to some of their own body, and two pieces of land are reported to be lost, and there is the same danger impending over more, as the fences are levelled, and there is no distinguishing them from the adjoining land; besides which, the trustees have been very neglectful, in appointing within the last 20 years, three successive masters, incompetent both from character and want of education; and about 19 years ago, the then vicar filed a bill in chancery against the trustees for not appointing a proper master, and for general mismanagement, which suit is not yet ended, but has had one good effect, as the trustees have elected a clergyman to fill the situation.’

Other institutions: ‘Three poor women, in different parts of the parish, take day scholars at 3d. Per week each, amounting in all to 32.’

Observations: ‘The poor have not sufficient means of education; and the vicar suggests, that it would be beneficial if young people, between 14 and 18 years of age, were compelled to come to church every Sunday evening, to be instructed in the principles of the Christian religion; and a Sunday school has dwindled away to nothing, as the farmers would not allow the parish apprentices to attend it.’

Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the State of Education in England, HC 62 (1835), xli, xlii

p. 342: ‘Bosbury with Upleadon parish (Pop. 1,061) One daily school, wherein 30 males and 5 females receive instruction at the expense of their parents. Two Sunday Schools: in one whereof (Commenced 1829) are 40 males and 45 females, who attend the Established Church; the other consists of 12 children, and appertains to Wesleyans; both schools are supported by contributions. In addition to the above, it is stated “there is a School endowed with land and houses, but that, it having been thrown into Chancery, the revenues are swallowed up by law expenses, the houses dilapidated, the school-room shut up, and that the tenants now refuse to pay the rents”’.

1862 (186) Returns of the amount of subscriptions, donations, and collections in places of worship or elsewhere, received in the years 1860 and 1861, by each school that is aided by grants from the Privy Council; of the amount of fees or school-pence received in the years 1860 and 1861 by each school; and, of the amount received from endowments by each school.

Bosbury National School

1860 subs, donations, collections: £34 7s.; fees/school pence: £20 4s. 11d.; endowment: £60; Total; £114 11s. 11d.

1861 subs etc: £33 7s.; school pence £24 4s. 11d.; endowment £55,; total £112 11s. 11d.

Report of the Committee of Council on Education; with appendix, [3007] HC (1862), XLII.1

Bosbury Boys School
Designation of school: National Society
Inspection due month: [blank]
Grant for building, enlargement, improvement or fixtures: nil
Paid: N/A
Grants for apparatus, books etc: £10 14s. 0¼ d.
Annual grants: [jointly with Girls school]: £700 2s. 0d.

Bosbury Girls School
Designation of school: National Society
Inspection due month: [blank]
Grant for building, enlargement, improvement or fixtures: £118 10s.
Paid: 1840
Grants for apparatus, books etc: £1 13s. 4¾ d.
Annual grants: [jointly with Boys School]: £700 2s. 0d.

1867-68 (114) Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 16 July 1867; - for, "return of the parishes of England and Wales, stating the counties in which they are situated; their area; their population; the gross estimated rental; the rate per . to the relief of the poor; the percentage of population per acre, and the percentage of gross estimated rental per person; the accommodation and the average attendance of schools aided by parliamentary grants."

Statute acres: 4,700
Pop. 1861: 1000
Gross rental 1865: £8,203
Poor rate: 1s. 1¼ d.
No. persons per acre: .23
Est. gross rental per person: £7 12s. 2d.
No. schools receiving grant: 2
Non grant: none
Accomm. per sq. foot per child: 127
Average attendance: 61

Return Elementary Education, 1871 HC 201 (1871) lv.32

Est. pop. 1870: 1,100
Rateable value: £8,091
Public schools: 2
Accommodation for children at public school: 126
C of E or national schools: 2
40 boys
45 girls

Report of the Committee of Council on Education; with appendix. 1872-73. Report, and parts I. to IV. of appendix. [C.812] [C.812-I] XXIV.1, 771

Designation of School: N
Inspection due month: 5
Building grants: the £118 10s. for the Girls School.
Average attendance (Boys & Girls): 72
Annual Grant (Boys and girls) £38 13s. 5p.

Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales); with appendix. 1873-74. Report, and parts I. to IV. of appendix. HC (1873) xviii

As in 1872-3; average attendance 70; annual grant £45 6s.

Return for Public Elementary Schools in England and Wales of Amount of Income and Expenditure, 1875-76. [C.1882] HC (1877), lxvii

National school
Accommodation for 138; av. Attendance (day) 65; (night - nil)
Government grants 1875-6: £36 10s. 8d.
Income: voluntary contributions: £23 5s. 6d.; school pence £13 5s. 2d.; rates nil; government grants 1874-5 £38 17s. 9d; endowments £77 8s. 0d.; other sources nil; total income: £152 16s. 5d.
Expenditure: Salaries, £133 8s. 10d.; books and apparatus £7 13s. 10d.; misc. £6 1s 11d..
Total expenditure: £147 4s. 47d.

Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales); with appendix 1879-80 [C.2562-I] HC (1880) xxii

National school; no longer differentiates Boys and Girls; building grant: £118 10s.; accommodation for 162 pupils; average attendance 95; annual grant £78 9s. 0.

Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales); with appendix. 1885-86. HC (1886) xxiv

[Back to separate entries for Boys and Girls Schools, both National Schools.]

Boys: places for 91, average attendance 40; annual grant £37 0s. 0d.
Girls: places for 106, average attendance 77; annual grant £63 13s. 3d.

Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales). With appendix. 1891-92. [C.6746-I] HC (1892), xxviii

Boys School; National school, accommodation for 91; av. Attendance 46; annual grant £40 5s 0d

Girls School; National school, accommodation for 106; av. Attendance 74; annual grant £50 5s 0d

Returns Relating to Elementary Education, 1893. [C.7529] HC (1894), lxv

Boys School
Accommodation for 91; average attendance 53
Annual grant 1892-1893: £53 0s. 0d.
Income

    Annual grant 1891-92£53 0s.0d.
From Fee Grant£27 9s. 2d
Endowment£90 0s 0d.
Endowment per head33s. 11½ d.
Voluntary contributions:nil
Vol. conts. per headnil
School pence:nil
From books:nil
From Science and Art Depts.  £4 2s. 6d.
From other sources:nil
Total income£176 11s 8d

Expenditure
    Salaries of teachers      £139 11s.3d.
Books & apparatus£6 13s.11d.
Misc.£19 18s.10d.
Total expenditure£106 4s 0d.

Girls School
Accommodation for 106; average attendance 73
Annual grant 1892-1893: £53 0s. 0d.

Income

    Annual grant 1891-92£49 15s. 0d.
From Fee Grant£31 1s 8d
Endowment£3 0s 0d.
Endowment per head1s 4½ d.
Voluntary contributions:£41 12s. 6d.
Vol. conts per head11s. 4½ d
School pence:nil
From books:nil
From Science and Art Depts.  nil
From other sources:nil
Total income£127 9s. 2d

Expenditure
    Salaries of teachers      £96 12s 0d.
Books & apparatus£12 9s. 1d.
Misc.£35 3s 4d.
Total expenditure£144 4s. 5d.

Schools in Receipt of Parliamentary Grants [C.9454] HC (1899), lxxiv

Bosbury Boys School, school no. 191; National school; accommodation for 91, average 52; annual grant £57 17s. 0d.

Bosbury Girls School, school no. 26,741; accommodation for 118, average 75; grant £64 14s. 0d.

Schools in Receipt of Parliamentary Grants 1900 - 1. [Cd.703] HC (1901), lv

Bosbury Boys School, school no. 191; National school; accommodation for 91, average 51; annual grant £56 4s 9d.

Bosbury Girls School, school no. 26,741; accommodation for 118, average 69; grant £64 16s. 0d.

Note: Unless otherwise stated, these documents were accessed at Leicester Digital Library online (restricted access). Research and transcribed extracts courtesy of Dr. Sylvia Pinches, March 2012

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