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Rawlins School
The Rawlins school was founded in Woodhouse in 1691 by Thomas Rawlins to accommodate twenty two or more boys from Woodhouse or Woodhouse Eaves, six from Quorn and six from Barrow.
The school, like many others, declined during the early nineteenth century, so that in 1864 there was only the headmaster and one pupil, his son! The school was revived in 1890 when W E B J Farnham, a Rawlins trustee, submitted a scheme to the Charity Commission which agreed to the school starting in Quorn, in the anterooms of the village hall on 15th September 1892. Mr Edward William Hensman was appointed the first headmaster.
In 1893 the current site was bought from Mr J D Cradock. Building work started in 1895 and the school opened on 25th April 1897. In 1898 girls were admitted making Rawlins the first co-educational school south of the Trent.
The school crest was originally a tortoise, this being the seal of Thomas Rawlins. However the crest changed to the two crescents of the Farnham family in 1927, to recognise the generosity of the Farnhams to the school.
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2009-06-29 |
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Submitted by: |
Kathryn Paterson |
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Artefact ID: |
69 |
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Artefact URL: |
www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=69 |
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