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Exemption from School Attendance …. to help with the harvest

19/03/23
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Elsewhere on the website can be found information about what life was like for children growing up at Hoar Oak...

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1881 – A Fishy Tale Sung for Mr Codd!

08/07/18
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The Barbrook school registers have given us a valuable insight into the lives of North Devon children including some that...

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The School Teacher Speaks Out

17/06/18
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In an earlier post we learnt through a report in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette of 1876 how the school...

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Advice on Education From a Shepherd’s Wife, 1876

23/03/18
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Sometimes, when doing archival research, a snippet of information which is a bit fun and seemingly not terribly relevant pops...

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