The Old School - Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

Former school building, now the Village Hall, on Church Road, Kirkby Mallory.

"The original site for the village school, ........... was the larger, left hand, end cottage of the terraced row on the North side of the village. However the existing Church of England School built in 1863, now used as the village hall was built and administered by the Wentworth Estate under the supervision of Lord King, 1st Earl of Lovelace, and locally, by the Reverent Augustus Byron.

The Rev Augustus Byron, who's portrait hung in the school room for many years was born in 1828 his father was Admiral George Anson Byron 7th Baron Byron of Rotchdale, and his mother was Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole. Augustus graduated from Oxford university with a "Master of Arts Degree. He later became a JP, Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire. He married Frederica McMahon and they had six children. Augustus died in 1907."

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The school was closed in 1961.

Address: 30-42 Church Rd, Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire England LE9 7QE Web Site: [Web Link]

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