Records of Rawdon School of the Society of Friends 1819-1928

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Records of Rawdon School of the Society of Friends 1819-1928

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-msdep.1979/1(carltonhillarchive)rawdonschool

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Society of Friends England Yorkshire History Sources

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Rawdon School of the Society of Friends.

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In 1828 Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting set up a committee to consider the educational needs of poor children who attended Quaker worship, but whose parents were not members. These were mainly the children of those disowned for 'marrying out'. An appeal for funds followed in 1829; this gathered almost 3000 in capital, as well as annual subscriptions to run the school. Premises in Rawdon were purchased in 1831 and the school opened the following year. Its first successive superintendents were James B...