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  • Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century Quick View
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    • Berkshire Schools in the Eighteenth Century

    • £25.00
    • In 1833 the Government provided the first public money for schools, laying down the basis of our national education system. This volume looks at the wide range of charity, religious and private schooling available in Georgian Berkshire.
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    • Bradfield College Register 1888 (CD)

    • £3.00
    • Low Price! This is a facsimile copy on CD of the college register in West Berkshire Library.
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  • East and West Ilsley, Education  – A History of Local Schools 1805-2008East and West Ilsley, Education  – A History of Local Schools 1805-2008 Quick View
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    • East and West Ilsley, Education – A History of Local Schools 1805-2008

    • £2.50
    • The history of schools in East and West Ilsley from 1805 to the present day. Includes lists of the names of headmasters.
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  • Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927 Quick View
    • Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927 Quick View
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    • Goring Heath Charity, Scolars, Apprentices and Almsmen 1737-1927

    • £4.00
    • This booklet contains a transcription of the surviving registers and list relating to the scholars and almsmen. The boys who were clothed on a regular basis are listed. There is a name index.
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    • London Schools and Their Records, an index

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  • Spencers Wood, The History of Lambs Lane School 1908-2008Spencers Wood, The History of Lambs Lane School 1908-2008 Quick View
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    • Spencers Wood, The History of Lambs Lane School 1908-2008

    • £5.00
    • This colourful book - by the Spencers Wood Local History Group - contains memories of former pupils, log books, etc, combined to form an interesting record of this village school.
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  • The Centenary of the George Palmer School, Reading (“So many hearts make a school.”)The Centenary of the George Palmer School, Reading (“So many hearts make a school.”) Quick View
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    • The Centenary of the George Palmer School, Reading (“So many hearts make a school.”)

    • £7.95
    • NEW LOWER PRICE The author was born and raised in Reading and was a pupil of the George Palmer schools. She tells not only of her memories of her own time there, but has collected memories from 50 other pupils and staff across the100 years of the schools.
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  • This is our School, (Reading British School 1811-2011)This is our School, (Reading British School 1811-2011) Quick View
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    • This is our School, (Reading British School 1811-2011)

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    • Reading British School was in Southampton Street and although the school is now elsewhere, the original 1811 building still exists. In this book the author recounts tales of educational life in Reading in the 19th century.
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  • Wantage Schooling 1550-1650 Quick View
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    • Wantage Schooling 1550-1650

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    • SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE A history of what is now Wantage Grammar School including analyses of charitable and parish records together with wills of important people connected with the school. Also with an extensive bibliography.
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