St. Mary's National School

HER Number

16577

District

Sunderland

Site Name

St. Mary's National School

Place

South Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

National School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

St. Mary's National School erected by Reverend Robert Gray in 1836 at a cost of £450. It contained separate apartments for boys and girls and could accommodate 250 scholars. Whellan states the average attendance in 1856 as 140 and Thomas Brayfield and Ann H. Don as teachers. Location unknown.

Easting

435000

Northing

556000

Grid Reference

NZ435000556000

Sources

Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham