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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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