Date stone on St Mary's Primary School, Mill Bank
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Date stone on St Mary's Primary School, Mill Bank
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 29 Dec 2013
The security fencing makes it impossible to get a clear view of the inscription on the stone, but my interpretation is: "St Mary's / Church Schools / Deo. Ecclesiæ Pauperibus / A.D. 1850". The latter word suggests to me that the school was founded to educate the children of the poor.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.688411
Longitude
-1.948781