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SCHOOL FOR DAUGHTERS OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, LANSDOWNE COLLEGE, BATH, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
School for daughters of officers of the [British] Army, Lansdowne College, Bath, 1864. 'We have engraved a View of Lansdowne College, Bath, recently purchased for the accommodation of the School for Daughters of Officers in the Army, whose claims were advocated at a public meeting in Willis's Rooms, the Duke of Cambridge presiding, on the 7th of April last. Generals Sir William Gomm, Sir R. Dacres, Sir R. Airey, and Sir Edward Cust, the Rev. the Chaplain- General, and others, took part in the proceedings on that occasion. His Royal Highness then stated that the committee had already begun its work, and that a building had been obtained in the neighbourhood of Bath. A small sum would be needed to render it serviceable for the purposes intended, and an income of £2000 or £3000 a year would, for the present, be sufficient to set it going. We may add that the edifice here represented is that which was formerly known as the Lansdowne Training College. This building, which originally cost £14,000, was bought by the committee for less than a quarter of that sum, and can, at an outlay of about £5000, be rendered serviceable for the accommodation of about 120 inmates. It has eight acres of ground attached to it, and its situation is healthy'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. School for daughters of officers of the Army, Lansdowne College, Bath, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483035
RIPLEY'S HOSPITAL, LANCASTER, FOR ORPHANS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Ripley's Hospital, Lancaster, for orphans and destitute children, 1864. School founded by Mrs. Julia Ripley in memory of her husband, Thomas Ripley, a merchant of Liverpool. Originally endowed for the education of an equal number of boys and girls, the parents of whom had to have lived for at least 2 years immediately preceding the death of the father. The school was built in the early pointed style of the 12th century. The building, originally costing £30,000, included a gym, woodwork and metalwork rooms, a domestic school for girls, and heated swimming-pool, four courts for playing fives, and enough full-sized football pitches to allow 150 boys to play at the same time. A farm of some 40 acres kept the school supplied with home produced meat, milk and poultry, and a vast kitchen garden gave a constant supply of fresh vegetables. All pupils received a practical education based on Christian principles. When they reached leaving age, they were given special training in the trade or profession for which they showed an aptitude. They were also given help to find suitable employment. Many old scholars went on to become successful businessmen, journalists, teachers, nurses, social workers and skilled workers in many trades. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Ripley's Hospital, Lancaster, for orphans and destitute children, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND AT BRIGHTON, OPENED ON TUESDAY, 1861. 'A FEW YEARS AGO MISS OLDHAM BECAME SUDDENLY BLIND, AND NATURALLY FELT MUCH INTERESTED IN THOSE WHO WERE AFFLICTED IN THE SAME WAY, AND DESIRED AT HER DECEASE THAT A SUM OF £2000 MIGHT BE APPROPRI
Asylum for the Blind at Brighton, opened on Tuesday, 1861. Creator: Unknown. Asylum for the Blind at Brighton, opened on Tuesday, 1861. 'A few years ago Miss Oldham became suddenly blind, and naturally felt much interested in those who were afflicted in the same way, and desired at her decease that a sum of £2000 might be appropriated towards erecting an asylum for the accommodation of blind children...The new building...is designed in the style prevalent in Venice during the fourteenth century...The building will accommodate seventy children...Separate and distinct stone staircases divide the accommodation for the two sexes...The works have been executed by Messrs. Cheesman and Co., of Brighton, under the architect, Mr. G. Somers Clarke, of London. Mr. W . Westhey was clerk of the works, and the carving and sculpture have been carefully executed by Mr. Thomas Earp, of London...The total cost of the new building, including fittings, is about £5000. A sum of £8 per annum is paid by the parents or friends for the maintenance and tuition of each inmate, exclusive of clothing. Their education consists of reading (by touch) on embossed books, geography and arithmetic by the same means (Moon's system), singing and music, which are taught, being read to the pupils from ordinary books'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 586851320
TAPTON HOUSE, NEAR CHESTERFIELD, THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE MR. G. STEPHENSON, 1858. 'CHESTERFIELD HAS ACQUIRED A CELEBRITY BY ITS CONNECTION WITH THE MEMORY OF THE LATE CELEBRATED GEORGE STEPHENSON...ACROSS THE VALLEY TO THE RIGHT, ON THE SUMMIT OF A HILL
Tapton House, near Chesterfield, the Residence of the Late Mr. G. Stephenson, 1858. 'Chesterfield has acquired a celebrity by its connection with the memory of the late celebrated George Stephenson...Across the valley to the right, on the summit of a hill, stands Tapton House, where Mr. Stephenson resided during the last ten years of his life, and where many of his most important plans were formed and perfected. Tapton House is a large, commodious mansion, beautifully situated amidst woods, and surrounded by a park...When Mr. Stephenson took possession of Tapton House the gardens and pleasure-grounds adjoining were in a very neglected state, but his genius and love of nature soon caused them to assume a new aspect, and to exhibit more than ordinary attraction. His first improvement was to cut a woodland footpath up the hill, by which he added a beautiful feature to the park, and secured a shorter road to the Chesterfield station...His active mind was continually suggesting new improvements, so that the numerous workmen he had in his employ were never idle; and at the time of his death Tapton House, with its gardens, hothouses, and pleasure-grounds, was justly celebrated as exhibiting the most interesting evidences of his taste and genius'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. Tapton House, near Chesterfield, the Residence of the Late Mr. G. Stephenson, 1858. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RELICS AT ENFIELD, 1858. REMAINS OF THE OLD CHURCH, THESE ARCHES WERE DISCOVERED IN PICKING OFF THE PLAISTER...DURING REPAIRS...THEY WERE POSSIBLY, WITH THE TOWER, A PORTION OF AN OLDER CHURCH, PROBABLY OF 1136, BEING EVIDENTLY PREVIOUS TO
Archaeological Relics at Enfield, 1858. Remains of the Old Church, these arches were discovered in picking off the plaister...during repairs...They were possibly, with the tower, a portion of an older church, probably of 1136, being evidently previous to the present church which was built about 1400. Raleigh's House, the folk-lore of the neighbourhood describes this as the residence of Sir Walter Raleigh, but we are not aware of any proof of its correctness. Uvedale's Cedar, the cedar-tree planted by Dr. Uvedale...The Market Cross, possibly a restoration of some former cross, was erected in 1826...The inhabitants of Enfield, in consideration of supplying food to London during the plague, have the right of entering all markets in England and using them free of all dues. The Chantry School, the grammar school was originally a chantry attached to the church but has since become a foundation-school...The Town House, as well as the building now used as a railway station, has been considered the house in which the Earl of Essex, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, resided, but was most probably a house built for the retainers of the Queen...Room in the Palace...used as a nursery for the children of Henry VIII., and...as the palace of Queen Elizabeth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. Archaeological Relics at Enfield, 1858. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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