Former School - Marbury, Cheshire East.
N 53° 00.527 W 002° 39.391
30U E 523046 N 5873302
Former school located on School Lane in Marbury.
Waymark Code: WMVQ8Q
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/17/2017
Views: 2
The former school, located on School Lane in Marbury, has been converted into three residential properties.
A charity school was founded in Marbury churchyard in 1688, and remained on that site until 1824. The school had moved to Wrenbury Road in 1825.
This former school opened on School Lane in 1871.
The school was built on land donated by Cudworth Halsted Poole. It was designed by the architect Thomas M. Lockwood and constructed by builder S.Sutton.
The dated stone plaque is inscribed as follows;
'THIS SCHOOL
ERECTED ON LAND GIVEN BY
CUDWORTH H.POOLE ESQ.
A.D. 1870
J. YORKE M.A. VICAR
JOSEPH BECKETT]
JOHN BETTELEY ] CHURCHWARDENS
THOMAS M. LOCKWOOD ARCHT, S.SUTTON BUILDER
Marbury-Cum-Quoisley Church of England School closed in 1988.
Address:
School Lane,
Marbury,
Whitchurch, Cheshire East, England.
SY13 4LJ
Web Site: Not listed
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