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Education for Young and Old

Nursery and Library Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 3.01 During the Second World War a prefabricated building was built behind the Parish Hall. This was a Day Nursery and was built mainly to enable local...

The New Schools

Prudhoe West Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 4.02 The first flush of school building in Prudhoe was completed in 1886 and it was nearly a quarter of a century before the educational provision was extended...

A Transient Population, School Fees & Epidemics

Eltringham School Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 4.02 Eltringham School opened on 1st June 1886 to cater for the hamlet which had grown up around the Eltringham Colliery. For a while the village was known...

Founded by the Liddells

St Matthew’s Roman Catholic School Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 4.02 St Matthew’s School was built on the west side of South Road beside the fork which leads to Highfield. The foundation stone was...