Funtley Court
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Funtley Court
Image: © Peter Facey Taken: 4 May 2009
Seen across Funtley Hill. Funtley Court is business accommodation made from an old Victorian school. An inscription on the yellow stonework in the gable at left reads "Board school 1880". The internet is silent on the history of this school. See also Image According to http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/timeline57.html the Elementary Education Act 1870 introduced state schools, known as "board schools" because they were run by locally elected boards. They were funded by a combination of local rates and government money and charged a small fee per pupil.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.867584
Longitude
-1.198905