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WREN'S NEST ACADEMY Wren's Nest Academy
Wren's Nest Academy
Wren's Nest Academy
Mr. G. Fyfe
Alexander Jeffrey Esqr.
G. Hilson Esqr.
021.05 [Situation] 2 1/2 chains East from Castlegate.
A long established private Academy, Occupying a healthy Situation in the margin of Jed Water, the average number of pupils attending it are about 50. The Charges for the different Classes or branches are as follows (viz) Latin & Greek 7/6 (£0.7.6] per quarter, English writing And Arithmetic 5/. [£0.5.0] per quarter, mathematics which branch also includes Arithmetic 15/. [£0.15.0] per quarter. There are two vacations during the year, one for a fortnight at Christmas, and the other from the annual examination of the Academy, which takes place on the first of August every year, and extends to 6 weeks.
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