OS1/27/72/35
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SCHOOL [Stornoway; side] | Free Church [crossed out] School School School |
John Urquhart M McKee John MacKay Donald Murray |
027 | On the Eastern side of Stornoway one chain south of the Gaol. A neat stone building with a dwelling house attached (with a fine roof) erected at the expense of Mr Matheson in 1846. the teachers salary including scholars fees average about £50 per annum |
FREE CHURCH SCHOOL | Free Church School Free Church School Free Church School Free Church School |
John Urquhart Robert Clark John MacKay Donald Murray |
This is a couple of chains South East of the above near the Episcopalian Chapel A stone building one story high slated and in good repair. It was originally built at the expense of Mrs S McKenzie in connection with the free church educational system and afterwards given over as a free gift to the above church whose property is now remains. There are about 60 scholars attending. the Master salary amounts to about £45 or £50 per annum. |
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