Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Site of National school (boys, girls, infants), Holywell Lane, Upchurch. The building as the National School is shown on the Ordnance Survey map 1862-1875, then as School on the 1897-1952 maps. A new residential building is on the site.

Monument Types

• (Former Type) NATIONAL SCHOOL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1847 AD to 1976 AD (between))

Full description

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Site of National school (boys, girls, infants), Holywell Lane, Upchurch. The building as the National School is shown on the Ordnance Survey map 1862-1875, then as School on the 1897-1952 maps. A new residential building is on the site.
Holywell School served the village for the education of all village children from 1847 until 1883 when the Infant’s School was opened. Children of secondary school age continued to be educated at Holywell until the 1930s then began travelling to Medway for their secondary education. In 1976 the school closed and the pupils were moved to a new building in Forge Lane along with pupils from the Infant’s School to form the new Holywell School. The old Holywell School eventually became the location for a private company while the Infant’s School became a private nursery school named ‘Nursery Days’ in 1996. Upchurch Children of secondary age now travel to Sittingbourne schools for their education. ( taken from www.upchurchmatters.co.uk/upchurchmattersb.html

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

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