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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SCHOOL [female-High Street-Dunkeld] | School School School Duchess Female School |
R.C. Carrington, Esqr. Revd. [Reverend] John Wilson Revd. [Reverend] Daniel McBride Valuation Roll !857-8 |
062 | A female school in High Street, it is an elegant building surmounted by a spire, Reading, Writing and Arthmetic, Plain & Fancy needlework, and Music are the branches taught, average attendance 60 "In 1853, the Duchess of Athole built and established an Industrial School at Dunkeld, for the education of girls. It is an elegant structure at the market place, and besides the schoolrooms, contains accommodation for the teacher. The fees are merely nominal. It is well attended". Dunkeld, its Straths & Glens |
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[Page] 47County of Perth -- Parish of Dunkeld and Dowally (Proper)
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