Alexander Brogden and Church of England School, Grange-over-Sands black plaque

Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom

The Royal British Legion. The national Church of England School opened in 1864 with the inscription '... to be forever used for the education of children and adults only of the labouring and manufacturing classes.' By 1869 the school had been placed under Government inspection, no longer financed so

lely by the Church. Alexander Brogden of Holme Island began a series of famous 'Penny Readings' here in 1876, so simple folk could enjoy their first taste of poetry and literature. An extension was bu

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