The school at Elvington, has only been on its present site since
1969, before that it had been in quite a few places in the village. There was boarding school, which was run by the Clarke
family at the Grange, for a short period of time, there were a boys and goirls school at Glencoe and the old Primitive Methodist
Chapel, which stood between Prospect House and Beech Cottage (a modern house now), and also in the Parish Hall.
The schoolhouse (Parish Hall), was also the work of the Clarke family, they
were responsible for alot of the building in the village.
School then, is not what it is today, usually there was a certified teacher
and assistants, which weren't always qualified teachers!!, and then a general helper or monitoress, who were usually very
young themselves 15 years old and upwards.
In Elvington school, the vicar of the village was in daily contact with the
school, eithering visiting or teaching.
I have been very lucky and had a chance to read some of the logbooks for
the school. A big thankyou to Miss Smith, headmistress and Mrs S Ingham, school secretary.
Here are some extracts from these books
25th April 1873
Henry Thomas sent home this morning after his mother interfered when the boy was being punished by the mistress.
16th May 1873
Three new pupils
enrolled, David & William Mitchell and Benjamin Popplewell
23rd July 1873
The Etheringtons
were turned away from school for a time, after their mother having come to the school in a very rude and boisterous way and
interfered with the mistress who was punishing her boy George Henry
5th January 1874
The
christmas tree and presents were given by Captain & Mrs Allenby at Brinkworth Hall
30th October - 6th November 1874
Measles very bad in the village
7th January 1876
William & Agnes Bootland were told this morning by the Rev A J Clarke, not to come to our school again as they had a master
at Sutton now
Friday 7th July 1876
Yesterday afternoon school closed at 3:30 so the children could attend the funeral of Jane Brown*
22nd November 1878
Holiday all week on account of the flood. The water is as high as the top of the first steo into the schoolroom.
17th January 1879
Several children are absent, either sick or with chilblians on their feet
12th December 1879
George Popplewell* died last night after being absent from school less than a fortnight. Sarah Robson has been poorly for
4 days this week.
Friday 30th January 1880
Children kept in after school until 4:45pm for noise and inattention
25th November 1881
Three girls have to go to Sutton school, not willing to keep to the rules of the school
30th June 1882
Several boys absent, they are in the fields singling parsnips
8th December 1882
A very bad snowstorm
16th March 1883
38 boys and 26 girls are present this morning
