FALSTONE COUNTY FIRST SCHOOL

  • Description

    "...The oldest school building at Falstone was built by the Swinburne family in the early nineteenth century and enlarged in 1884. It closed as a school in 1965 and became used as the village hall. The new school was in use from 27th April 1965. With comprehensive reorganisation it became a County First School from September 1975 and finally closed in July 1981 when the remaining pupils transferred to schools in Bellingham. The building was later used as a field studies centre..."
  • Owner

    National Archives
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  • Further information

    Link: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9401355b-50d7-4621-9976-1a10afb3c678
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 11 months ago
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