Benchmark and plaque on the Old School House
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Benchmark and plaque on the Old School House
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 30 Oct 2012
The House is now #44 Medcroft Road. The Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm45902 The inscription reads: THIS SCHOOL WAS ERECTED IN 1841 BY THE REV. LANCELOT ARTHUR SHAPPE. B.D. RECTOR OF THIS PARISH BY PERMISSION OF THE PRESIDENT AND SCHOLARS OF ST JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE OXFORD TO BE FOREVER HEREAFTER APPROPRIATED AND USED AS A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR RESIDING IN OR BELONGING TO THE PARISH OF TACKLEY: WHICH SCHOOL SHALL ALWAYS BE UNITED TO THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, AND SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT INSTITUTION AND SHALL BE OPEN AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES TO THE INSPECTION OF THE INSPECTOR OR INSPECTORS FOR THE TIME BEING APPOINTED OR TO BE APPOINTED AND THAT THE SAID SCHOOL SHALL ALWAYS AND IN ALL RESPECTS BE UNDER THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE RECTOR OF THE PARISH OF TACKLEY FOR THE TIME BEING.
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