William Wordsworth, Mary Wordsworth, and Dorothy Wordsworth green plaque

Grasmere, Westmorland and Furness, England, United Kingdom

The Village School. The Rector and Church wardens were among the pioneers of education for children of ordinary village folk. This small building, now the famous Gingerbread Shop, was the village school for over 220 years from its opening in 1630AD. William Wordsworth and his wife and sister, who be

lieved that universal education was the way for children to escape poverty and ignorance, taught here in the early 19th century. Village children today still attend the church primary school, across t

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