Masters at the School have included:
There was also a dame school taught by Miss Hudson, and a boys' night school taught by her brother, James Hudson
There were fewer than 20 pupils (boys aged 5 to 8, girls aged 5 to
11) who were taught in a room in the family home at Princes Gate, Halifax
Luddendenfoot Brass Band used the school as their band room.
From 1851, the local Congregationalists met here until
Luddendenfoot Congregational Church opened in 1859.
See
Denholme United Methodist School, Luddendenfoot and
Mr Horsfall
In 1860, the school needed better accommodation.
John Whitworth promised to pay half the cost of the new school if
the other half could be raised by public subscription.
The building began around 1879.
The School and the Chapel and closed in 1965.
See
Denholme School, Luddendenfoot
After Halifax Corporation acquired Clare Hall, the
school moved to premises on the eastern side of Clare Road.
The children of several local Quakers were educated here, including
Walter Robert Bayes,
children of Thomas Collinson,
Beatrice Collinson [aged 11],
John H. Collinson [aged 11],
Edgar B. Collinson [aged 12],
Margaret Collinson [aged 12],
Edith M. Collinson [aged 13],
Edward Whiteley Collinson,
George Collinson,
Harold Collinson,
Thomas Collinson,
Jonathan Crabtree,
Charles Holmes Smithson,
Joseph Smithson,
George Smith,
and
Emily Worsdell
In 1870, they were superseded by board schools
It is recorded as an infants' school and could accommodate 31 pupils
[1871]
It is recorded as an infants' school and could accommodate 20 pupils
[1871]
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