Building record MLI116462 - Former Schoolhouse, Thorganby, West Lindsey
Summary
The former schoolhouse in Thorganby, West Lindsey
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The school has been modified into two private residences and is a simple, light-brick mid to late-Victorian building. There are few windows. {1}
White's 1856 Directory of Lincolnshire makes no reference to the school in the village. {2}
It is present on both the 1887 and the 1907 Ordnance Survey map of the village. {3}{4}
Documentation from the Lincolnshire Archives states that the school was built in 1868. It was known as Thorganby National School by 1903 and as Thorganby CE School by 1908. The school was closed on 25 March 1959, with the children transferred to East Ravendale CE School. {5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI11533 Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 18th October 2016.
- <2> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.489.
- <3> SLI9454 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883-1888. 6 Inch County Series Map - First Edition. 1:10560.
- <4> SLI5466 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1906. Ordnance Survey County Series twenty-five inch map 1906. paper. 1:2500.
- <5> SLI4514 Unpublished Document: Lincolnshire Archives. Document Held by the Lincolnshire Archives. Ref. SR/1120.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 206 978 (point) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | THORGANBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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