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Plumbland CofE School, Parsonby
Plumbland CofE School
locality:-   Parsonby
civil parish:-   Plumbland (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   school
coordinates:-   NY14553900
1Km square:-   NY1439
10Km square:-   NY13


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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 13) 
placename:-  Plumbland Grammar School
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Plumbland Grammar School"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Plumbland CofE School
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"PLUMBLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL / / / PLUMBLAND / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411794 / NY1454238995"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Grammar School now village school. 1799 with C19 extensions. Cement rendered walls, with red sandstone angle pilasters, under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers; brick chimney stacks. Single storey, roughly cross-shaped with 3-storey clock-tower porch. Plank door in red sandstone surround in side wall of tower. Louvred vent openings and clock faces with Roman numerals on 2 sides; angle finials. Casement windows, some double, all in red sandstone surrounds. Greek inscription on north gable roundel and west open stone bellcote. Parson &White's Directory 1829; p.348 states,"the school was built in 1799 and contains two rooms, each 42 feet by 24; one of them being for the classics and the other for English, writing, arithmetic, etc. It is open to all boys and girls living in the parish free of expense, subject to several regulations....."."


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