Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| school, Levens | ||
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| Levens School | ||
| locality:- | Levens | |
| civil parish:- | Levens (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| coordinates:- | SD48608575 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4885 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 7) |
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| 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. "Endowed School" |
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| hearsay:- |
There was an early dame school in Levens. |
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| A new school for girls was set up by Mary Howard of Levens Hall, 1810. A school for
boys was set up by her husband a little later. |
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| The two schools were brought together as the present school. |
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