A photographic copy of an engraving showing the exterior of the Stockport Sunday School seen from the junction of Wellington Street and Duke Street

Date:
1855
Location:
The Stockport Sunday School, Duke Street, Stockport
Reference:
BB88/07210
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

An inscription beneath the illustration states "FOUNDATION STONE LAID JUNE 15TH 1805. JUBILEE CELEBRATED JUNE 15TH 1855. ERECTED WITH ITS FOUR BRANCH SCHOOLS AT A COST OF £22,000 . CONTAINS 5,000 CHILDREN UNDER THE CARE OF 440 TEACHERS: ON ITS REGISTERS ARE INSCRIBED THE NAMES OF 3500 TEACHERS AND 70,000 SCHOLARS WHO SINCE ITS ERECTION IN 1805 HAVE RECEIVED THE BLESSINGS OF A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

Content

This is part of the Series: COB01/07 Copy images of Gerald Cobb items that are not in other series; within the Collection: COB01 Gerald Cobb

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Collector: Cobb, Gerald

Keywords

Georgian Sunday School