Hanley Swan C of E primary school
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Hanley Swan C of E primary school
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 10 Sep 2011
A Church of England "controlled" school on the Welland Road next to the village hall. It was built around 1861 as a "school for the education of children and adults or children only of the Labouring, Manufacturing or other poorer classes." In 1947 it became solely a primary school. Notice how the older part of the school, with Malvern granite walls, looks just like a chapel - for indeed it was also used as a chapel of ease for the inhabitants of the Swan Green area (now called Hanley Swan) until St Gabriel's church was built.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.079994
Longitude
-2.276329