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PULHARROW SCHOOL Pulharrow School
Pulharrow School
Pulharrow School
William Hannay n.s.
Samuel Good n.
John McCaul S.n.
Dalry
015 [Situation] About 3/4 mile N.W. by W. [North West by West] of Earlston Castle.
A neat Cottage built house used as a school situated on the South Side of the road (at Knocknalling Lodge) leading to Knocknalling House. It was built in 1842 and is Sufficient to Accommodate about 50 Scholars, the average number of attendants is about 30. Its present Teacher is James Cowan who receives an Annual Salary of £10.0.0 from a Considerable Legacy bequeathed by Marianne Ewart Kennedy. Inscription on the West-end of the School "Pulharrow School Built in remembrance of Marianne Ewart Kennedy who contributed her Mite to its support AD 1842", it takes its name from its proximity to "Pulharrow Bridge" and Burn.

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