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structor to the cad et corps ; S ergt. B ryne, gym n astics,
E lem en tary Schools.
boxin g & sw im m in g; T. V . Sew ard, gym n astics in ­ C en tral (boys’), Dorothy street, b u ilt in 1891, for 466
stru cto r; F . W. Sp ring, m anual instructor
children ; Edw in Jam es A ndrews, m aster
S ecretary, H. T . Pugh, B lagrave street, Reading
B attle (m ixed & in fan ts’), C ran b u ry road, b u ilt in 1893,
The school is under the control of the Corporation
for 1,077 ch ild ren ; A lfred S tu rg e C audle, head
B ritish D airy In stitu te, London road.— C h airm an , W.
m a s te r ; M iss H. D avis, in fan ts’ m istress
A sh cro ft; Secretary, Francis H. W rig h t M .A
G eorge P alm er (late B ritish street), b u ilt in 1810 &
Leighton Park School, on the Shinfield road, established
rem oved to new b uildin gs in 1907, for 1,248 ch ild ren ;
1890, w ith the sanction of the London yea rly m eetin g
W illiam Daniel W illiam s, head m aster; Joshua
of the Society of F riends, & under the m anagem ent
Swallow, boys’ m a s te r; M iss K ate Pierpoint, g irls’
of m em bers of th at body, is about 2 m iles south of
rris tre s s; M iss A lice O sm an, in fan ts’ m istress
the R eading railw a y s ta tio n s : i t was origin ally a G rovelands (m ixed & in fan ts’), O xford road, b u ilt in
square b rick mansion, b u t has been adapted to school
1890, for 489 ch ild ren ; Jam es L ee, m aster
purposes & v ery extensive additions have been m ade, K ates grove, K a tesg rove lan e (girls’ & in fan ts’), b u ilt in
so th at it w ill now hold 60 s tu d e n ts : the school
1873, for 664 ch ild ren ; M iss K . D avies, m istress; Miss
stands within a park of 45 acres of park land & a
S. P h illip s, infan ts’ m istress
sanatorium for 12 patients has been b u ilt at some New Town, School terrace, b u ilt in 1874, for 1,437
distance from the school h o u se ; there is also a fully
c h ild re n ; G . E rnest R ussell, m a s te r ; M iss A . B.
equipped gym nasium & sw im m ing b a th ; Charles
K entish, m is tr e s s ; M iss E- E .M ardon ,in fan ts’ m istress
Irw in Evans M .A. of S t. John’s C ollege, O xford, head Oxford road, b u ilt in 1881 & opened in 1883, for 953
m aster
ch ild ren ; Daniel G eorge Thorburn , m a s te r; Miss
T h e K en drick Schools w ere founded from certain ch a ri­
A n n ie Lydam ore, m is tre ss ; M iss M. G illender, in ­
ties le ft by John K en drick in 1624, & by M ary
fants' m istress
K endrick, consisting of a portion of a freehold farm Redlands, L ydford road, b u ilt in 1892, for 1,166
at T ileh u rst, two freehold cottages at W alth am St.
ch ild ren ; W a lter J. H. Sw eatm an, m a s te r; M iss K .
L aw rence & a sum of ¿£626 in Consols. These c h ari­
A . C handler, m is tre ss ; M iss C. V. Robertson, in fan ts’
ties w ere diverted by the Endowed Schools comm istress
m isioners to educational purposes & a M iddle Class S ilv er street (in fan ts’), b u ilt in 1871, for 194 ch ild ren ;
school for boys erected in Q ueen’s road, a sim ilar
Miss E va T h atcher, in fan ts’ m istress
school for g irls being established in W atlin gton street. Coley (m ixed ), b u ilt in 1874, for 572 c h ild r e n ; Jam es
T h e y are non -sectarian ; the boys’ school now num ber*
E llis, m a s te r; M iss A . M . Bishop, in fan ts’ m istress
ab ou t 200 scholars & the g irls’ school 170. B oys’, Swansea road (m ixed & infants’ ), b u ilt in 1898-9, &
Q ueen’s road, Rev. E d g ar P rie stley B .A . head m aster.
opened 20th Feb. 1899, for 953 ch ild ren ; W illiam Hy.
G irls’, W athngton street, M iss D aisy Prebble, m istress
Baseden, m a s te r; M iss F rederica A da W orthington,
The B lue C oat School, B runsw ick house, B ath road, was
in fan ts’ m istress
founded in 1646 by Mr. Richd. A ldw orth , of Ruscom be, W ilson, W ilson road (senior m ixed, in term ed iate m ixed,
Berks, & M ilk street, London, M .P. for R eading &
ju n io r m ixed & in fan ts), b u ilt in 1904, for 1,317
A udito r of the E xchequer, who gave for its endow­
c h ild re n ; W illiam E. Sim kins, m a s t e r ; R ich ard
m ent th e sum of £4,000, augm en ted in 1666 w ith
W illiam s, m aster (in te rm e d ia te ); M iss L . C hance &
£1,000, given by S ir Thom as R ich bart. of S on n in g;
M iss M innie Lewendon, infants’ m istresses
in 1720, by £1,200, given by M r. John W e s t; & w ith W okingham road, senior & in term ed iate m ix ed & jun ior
sm aller bequests by M r. John Pottenger & Mr. John
m ixed & infants, b uilt in 1902 & 1905, for 976
H all. In 1700 Mr. W illiam M althus gave a rentc h ild re n ; E. T . Caton, m a s te r; M iss M. E . P latt,
charge of £90 yea rly, for the education of 10 boys, to
m istress
be clothed in g r e e n ; there are now about 33 boys on W h itley Special school, N orthum berland avenue, for
this foundation, who are clothed, fed, educated &
m en tally & p h ysically defective p h th isical c h ild re n ;
apprenticed, besides 30 day sch o la rs ; S. Illin gw orth
Miss C. T. D arker, head m istress
B utler, m aster
C aversham Council (m ixed & in fan ts), for 550 c h ild r e n ;
The G reen School for G irls, in R u ssell street, is a tra in ­
A lb ert J. M onkley, ^master; Mrs. H alstead, in fan ts’
in g school for dom estic servants, was established in
m istress
the B u tts in 1779, for children of the three united A ll S ain ts’ In fan t, Brownlow road, b u ilt in 1866, for 153
parishes & was endowed b y Mr. A lderm an Richards,
children ; M iss A dela A . C. Phelps, m istress
th e Rev. John Sp icer, A w b erry F lo ry esq. & Mr. C h rist C h urch , M ilm an road, W h itley, b u ilt in 1868, &
Frognal, w ith sums am o unting to £2,600. T h e yearly
since enlarged for 470 c h ild re n ; S am u el G anderton,
incom e derived from rents & in vestm en ts is £203
m a s te r ; M iss E m m a L ear, m is tre s s ; K iss K a te
13s. 4 d .; the school is superintended by a com m ittee
S avage, in fan ts’ m istress
of six ladies & certain c le r g y ; the vicars of th e three G rey F ria rs’, C aversham road (m ix ed ), opened in 1865,
parishes are the governors & tr u s te e s ; M iss C. E.
for 393 ch ild ren ; W illiam T . K irb y, m a s te r; M iss
H icks, m istress
Florence C handler, in fan ts’ m istress
Holy T rin ity, Oxford road (m ixed ), b u ilt in 1837, for
R E A D IN G E D U C A TIO N C O M M ITTE E .
116 ch ild ren ; John C row h urst, m aster
U nder the provisions of Section 17 of the Education A ct, S t. G iles’ , London road, b u ilt in 1824 & enlarged in
1902, th is com m ittee consists of the M ayor, for the
1885, for 465 ch ild ren ; A lb e rt Sm ith , m a s te r; M iss
tim e being, oh the borough, tw enty-one other m em bers
Annie D ru ry, m istress
appointed by the C o u n c il; of these fifteen are m em ­ St. G iles’ (in fants’), Crown street, b u ilt in 1835, *or 25°
bers of the Council. The bodies represented are the
children ; Miss M arth a Rum bold, m istress
U niversity College, the E lem en tary T each ers, one lady St. John’s, Q ueen’s road (m ix ed ), b u ilt in i860 & en­
approved by the Council, and one gentlem an elected
larged in 1893, for 320 c h ild re n ; W m . Sadler, m aster
by the Council as specially acquainted w ith th e needs St. John’s (infants), W a tlin g to n street, b u ilt in i860,
of all branches of education in Reading. Th e com ­
for 170 children ; M iss A . Best, m istress
m ittee first appointed held office u n til the 8th day of S t. Law rence, A bbey street, b u ilt in 1855, for 450
N ovem ber, 1904, A since th a t date for th e year. I t
ch ild ren ; Thom as H ayw ard, m a s te r; M iss M ary
is appointed annually a t the q u arterly m eetin g of the
Crocker, in fan ts’ m istress
C ouncil, held on the 9th day of N ovem ber in each year St. M ary’s, H osier street, b u ilt in 1851 & altered in
The E ducation C om m ittee m eets at the Offices, Blagrave
1914, for 650 children ; C h arles S m ith, m a s te r ; Miss
street, on the third thursday of each m onth (except
Dadley, m is tre s s ; M iss L . H ickson, in fan ts’ m istress
th e m onth of A u g u st) at 4 p.m
St. S tephen’s, R u p ert street, b u ilt in 1871, for 305
The Attendance S ub-Com m ittee m eet at the sam e place
c h ild ren ; E dw in H opcraft, m aster
on alternate m ondays to interview parents &c. at 4 Caversham , St. John’s (m ixed & in fan ts), for 477
p.m . (the m onth of A u g u st excepted)
ch ild ren ; A . W in kw orth , m a s te r ; M iss S. M. Owens,
C hairm an, Councillor L. G . S utton (m ayor 1014-1O ,
in fan ts’ m istress
H illside, Reading
Lower W hitley, B asin gstoke road (m ixed & in fan ts’),
C lerk, H enry T. Pugh, B lagrave street
b u ilt for 121 children ; Mrs. E m ily H ick m ott, m istress
School M edical Officer, John A lfred P arry P rice B .A ., C aversham Parochial (boys, g irls & in fan ts), for 376
M .D .O xon., M .R .C .S .E n g . 154 C astle hill
ch ild ren ; P. L u n n , boys’ m a s te r; M iss F. E. Cooke,
A ssistan t School M edical Officer, H enry Richm ond
g irls ’ m is tre ss ; Mrs. E . Lunn, in fan ts’ m istress
M inkley M .R .O .S .E n g., L .R .C .P .L o n d . Blagrave street C aversham , E m uier Green (m ixed & in fan ts), for 147
S uperintendent Attendance Officer, G eorge Phipps, B la­
children ; Miss A . Bobin, m istress
grave street
T ileh u rst Norcot (m ixed & in fan ts), fo r 408 c h ild re n ;
A ssistan t Attendance Officers, A rth u r E dm und Dean,
Mr. Saxby, m aster
John Sm ith, Louis D urham & Jam es W . S tarlin g,
T ileh u rst, Park lane (m ixed & in fan ts), for 362
B lagrave street
c h ild re n ; F. W. W h ite, m aster
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