School, Main St, Oxton, Notts.
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School, Main St, Oxton, Notts.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 Jan 2015
This school opposite the church was built by public subscription in 1870 and it continued educating local children for more a hundred years until it was forced to close in 1984. Even By 1978 £3,000 was needed for renovations to its fabric. No support for its continued use as a school had come from the church; furthermore the church's future role in it was being questioned. Fortunately for local families however, the case for its retention as a village school was successfully made in that same year. Following its later closure however, by the Nottinghamshire Education Authority, the school was reopened as a private school called Salterford House Kindergarten and Pre-Prep School.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.056242
Longitude
-1.061792