The Old School...

The Old school that closed in 1932 is now the Taynton parish room. It has since then been used by the parish as a meeting place.

For such a small village, it is with some surprise that we find the need to educate local children being filled as early as 1709. In that year Mr. Ben Newton, the newly appointed Rector, founded and supported a Dame School here, but a year later he found the Dame in tears, as her little house has been accidentally burnt down the night before - not, we hope, an early case of vandalism. Two years later a charity school was founded with fourteen pupils, ten of whom were paid for by the same Mr. Newton, and four paid for by the parish. This project, however, collapsed on the death of the founder in 1732, due, we read to the "neglect of the gentry and the indifference of parents to reading and writing."

Some five years later, Robert Aldridge left the income from property at Elton and Westbury to John Grove of Taynton, to pay a master or mistress to teach "four poor children" of Taynton to read the Bible.

In May 1830, the Parish Council decided to build a vestry at the south end of the church. One half of the cost-£50-had been donated by the National Schools Society; it was completed by 1831 and the rector established a Sunday School for poor children. Thirty years later two national schools existed, one here and one at the Glasshouse mission room. Mrs. Kezia Taylor taught at Taynton, and Mrs. Hannah Barnard at the Glasshouse.

In 1875, in the course of a great storm the vestry was struck by lightning and damaged. A relative of Mrs. Gifford was there at the time. The Parish Council at first thought that a restoration would be adequate, but many parishioners disagreed. Some consideration was given to convert the old workhouse, but it was finally decided to open a public subscription for the building of a new school. Glebe land opposite the church was used and in 1883, the new school was opened under Miss Phillips. The Diocesan Inspector reported that at his visit, 46 out of 49 children were present and showed "a creditable improvement in tone and attainment, many children answering really well". By 1893, the church building had been altered and the vestry was used for Sunday School and Band of Hope meetings, so the new school was purely a day school.

Miss Olive Davis, Mrs.Wintle and her three brothers and Mr. Billy Snow all attended this school and have affectionate memories. There were in their time ( 1920's) about thirty children at the school with two teachers, Miss Brown, who lived with the Davis family, and Miss Phelps who cycled from May Hill. Pupils came - walked - from Kent's Green, generally across field paths; from Glasshouse and from Taynton, and no allowance was made for dark nights or the weather. School was from nine until four p.m. with an hour and a half for dinner, which had to be taken from home each morning. If the children wanted a drink, one of the bigger boys was sent to the Rectory for water. The one room with its long combined desks and benches and its--high-teacher's desk, was warmed by a tortoise stove, guarded by a rail on which wet clothes were put to dry before the return home. The playground was the small piece of field, fenced off and graveled, resulting in many sore knees. As well as the three "Rs", the girls were taught needlework and the boys had gardening lessons at the Rectory, under the tuition of Mr. Stephens the baker at Tibberton. An annual prize for the best pupil was donated by Lady Weddurburn of Meredith.

As the number of children was declining the school was closed in 1933, and the children taken by bus to Tibberton school. The old schoolroom after being neglected for years, has been bought by the Parochial Council and is enjoying a new lease of life as a meeting place for the village.

Taynton School Admission Records 1866 to1932

The National School was built on to the south side of Taynton church in 1831. It also served as a vestry. The National School Society contributed half the cost - £50 on condition that a Sunday school was also established there.
In 1883 a new school was built on glebe land on ground opposite the church. The Rev Bagshaw was the driving force and the money was raised entirely by public subscription.
(No admission records have been found for the period 1831 to 1866).

The National School. 1866 to 1883.
(Note: Some names may appear more than once if a child moved away and returned in a later year).

1866.
Rhoda Blewitt, Alfred Wintle.

1867.
Alfred Reynolds, Jane Blewitt, Emily Wintle, Martha Poyner, Louisa Smith, Charles Simms.

1868.
Alice Smith, Eliza George, Arthur Davis, William Poyner, Thomas Simms.

1869.
Lucy Tyrell, John Blewitt, Harry Smith.

1870.
Edith Smith, Alfred Mitchell,.

1871.
Eliza Glover, Charles Glover, Frank Reynolds, Sarah Poyner, Albert Davis, Frank Teague, Charles Teague,.

1872.
Emma Smith, Frank Poyner, Prudence Blewitt, Frederick Poyner, Lydia Crockford, Mary Crockford, Harriet Crockford, Clinton Fishpool, Harry
Fishpool.

1873.
Mary Hatton, Ellen Smith, Annie Read, Alfred Mitchell, Thomas Tyrell, Ernest Baldwin, Charles Hatton, Kate Hooke, Sarah Crockford,
Hannah Merrick, Frederick Glover, Emily Davies, George Glover.

1874.
Laura Lewis, Caroline Reade, Sylvia Lewis, Emily Beard, James Coleman, Henry Lewis, Charles Gough, Annie Gough, Jane Williams, M. Baldwin, Caroline Price, Louisa Price, James Reade, Mary Ward, Sarah Hooper, George Merrick, George Markey, Frederick Markey, Alfred Jones, Alice
Tyrell, Francis Fishpool, Philip Poyner, Amy Crockford, Sidney Markey, Charles Davis.

1875.
Theresa Nash, Bessy Nash, Charles Nash, Eliza Baldwin, Eli Reynolds,
Edward Reynolds, Annie Tyrell, Charles Poyner, Richard Smith, Harriet Reade, Margaret Biscoe, Ernest Baldwin, Moses Baldwin, Alice Tyrell, Sarah Davies.

1876.
Eliza Glover, Emma Smith, Clara Merchant, Sarah Stephens, Charles Nash, Joseph Stephens, James Coleman, George Lewis, William Davis, Emily Reade, Sarah Reade, Emily Davies, Matilda Nash, Frances Fishpool, Martha Poyner, Alice Davies, Lucy Smith, James Fishpool, Clinton Fishpool, Louisa Fishpool, Philip Poyner, Lydia Dance, Christina Dance, Emily Davis.

1877.
Ernest Baldwin, Ralph Gough, Charles Poyner, Charles Green, Mary Gough, Ellen Beckett, William Jones, Thomas Jones, John Lewis, Harry Davis, Mary Watkins, Charlotte Watkins, Harry Reade, Sarah Tyrell, George Coles, John Gorin, Sylvia Lewis, Mary Beard, George Beard, Edwin Beard, James Beckett, Charles Coleman, Alfred Trigg, Oliver Markey, Annie Dulymore, Rose Baldwin, Ellen Hyett.

1878.
Joseph Stephens, Annie Reade, James Wilkins, James Fishpool, Christina Dance, Charles Poyner, Eliza Baldwin, Charles Coleman, Alice Roberts, Matilda Roberts, William Carter, Sarah Tyrell, William Brown, Harry Davis, Kate Davis, GeorgeColes, Alfred Trigg, Albert Long , Lucy Tyrell, Ellen Smith, Lydia Dance , Thomas Tyrell, Emily Davis, Sylvia Lewis, Henry Lewis, John Lewis , William Jones, Thomas Jones, Gertrude Trigg, Rose Baldwin, Alice Tyrell, William Sterry, Emily Sterry, Thomas Goode, Annie Goode .

1879.
Alice Young, Herbert Hooper, Frederick Cooper, Hubert Coles, Christina Dance, Arthur Dance, Ellen Glover, William Jones, Thomas Jones, William Sterry, Samuel Ellbrow, John Lewis, Rose Baldwin, Mary Gough, Kate Sterry, Emily Sterry, Annie Goode, Sidney Hooper, Kate Wilkes, Clara
Merchant, Catherine Loveridge, Mary Ward.

1880.
Amelia Hyatt, Mary Hyatt, David Williams, Christina Williams, Henry
Bateman, James Tyrell, Annie Handley, Sarah Davis, Alice Davis, George Davis, Annie Fishpool, William Blewitt, Sydney Jones, Beatrice Smith,
Sidney Hooper, Emma Beale, Thomas Reade, Frank Gough, Harry Hooper, Louisa Coleman, Edwin Beard, William Beard, David Haywood, Annie Gough, Eliza Dawe, Alice Dawe.

1881.
Emma Jones, Elizabeth Beard, William Tyrell, Alfred Jones, Mary Hobbs, Eliza Joseph, George Joseph, Edwin Joseph, John Mower, Annie Mower, Eva Fishpool, James Davis, Alfred Smith, Thomas Reade, Elizabeth Reade, Agnes Cowles, Emily Wintle, Annie Wintle, Elizabeth Wintle, William Glover, Annie Bateman, Caroline Travel.

1882.
Constance Fishpool, Louisa Dunn, Edith Dunn, Henry Simms, Walter Simms, Ellen Simms, Clara Miles, Harry Beaman, Alice Lodge, Mary Brown, Mary Hooper, Henry Warren.


The New School from 1883 to 1932.

1883.
Sidney Rimell, Ellen Bevan, Fanny Bevan, Kate Bevan, Ernest Bevan, Annie Rimell, Harriet Coleman, Harry Bevan, Fanny Ford, Kate Ford, Ellen Ford, Sidney Ford, John Glover, George Jones, Albert Tyrell, George Simms, Louisa Bowery, Ellen Betteridge.

1884.
Emma Rudge, Arthur Rudge, Elizabeth Beard, John Betteridge, John
Kidman, Alice Fishpool, Mary Hooper, Kate Hooper, Elizabeth Rimell, Harriet Coleman, Lucy Andrews, Charles Andrews, Arthur Dance, Joseph Hale, Annie Beaman, John Hyett, Ernest Betteridge, Albert Reade, Arthur Barnfield, Louisa Barnfield, Elizabeth Barnfield, Thomas Winstone, Matilda Winstone, Charles Winstone, Ambrose Phillips, Catherine Phillips, John Phillips, William Phillips.

1885.
Elizabeth Reade, Annie Bowery, Julia Davis, Charles Brown, Thomas
Bowery, Jane Tyrell, Annie Barnfield, William Bevan, Caroline Hall.

1886.
Louisa Dunn, Edith Dunn, Alice White, Sarah Beaman, George Barnfield, Jane Tyrell, Henry Glover, William Fishpool, Alice Fishpool, Alice Winstone, Margaret Haines, Eliza Haines, Ernest Haines, Arthur Haines.

1887.
Rose Barnfield, Sarah Andrews, Mabel Hall, Charles March, Celia White, Annie Jones, Herbert Jones, Mary Tyrell, Edith Bowery, George Reade, Marion Crooke, Mary Crooke, Kate Hooper, Frederick Davis, Sidney West, Mary Harold, Arthur Harold.

1888.
Herbert Harold, Albert Fishpool, John Winstone, George Jones, Herbert Jones, Annie Jones, William Beaman, William Merchant, Kate Hall,
Harriet Coleman, Edith Crooke, Elizabeth Hyett, William George, William Beard, Ethel Dunn, Frank Barnfield, William Smith, Emily Smith, Henry Blake, Thomas Blake, Fanny Blake, Charlotte Carter, Florence Carter.

1889.
Henry Sysum, Arthur Sysum, Agnes Sysum, Emily Turner, Walter Turner, Emily Carter, Margaret Brown, Ethel Dunn, Walter Blake, Frederick
Bullock, Albert Reade, Emily George, Alice Hopkins, Louisa Hopkins, George Bowery, Florence Fluck, Wallace Jones, Sarah Payne, Frank
Worthington, Eva Fishpool.


1890.
Louisa Glover, Harriet Beaman, Frederick Hyett, Eva Jones, Alice Dellow, Albert Beard, Charles Beard, Walter Herring, Richard Sysum.

1891.
Alan Hook, Winifred Davis, Rose Davis, Charlotte Hyatt, Walter Gorin,
Alice Gorin, Harry Gorin, Arthur Turner, Charles Barnfield, Janet Crooke, Sarah Davis, Annie Hopkins, Annie Merchant.

1892.
Eliza Davis, William Sysum, Elizabeth Tarbath, Wallace Beard, Alice Dunn, Elizabeth Beaman, Annie Gregory, Benjamin Gregory, Frank Turner, Caroline Groves, Sarah Groves, William Harvey, Emma Harvey, Lucy Harvey, Stanley Groves.

1893.
William Lewis, Albert Fluck, Joseph Harvey, Mary Blewitt, Charles George, Frederick Tyrell, Bertha Goode, Percival Brown, Annie Coleman, Ernest Sysum, Alice Delow, George Bevan, Thomas Bevan.

1894.
Frederick Phelps, Arthur Phelps, Florence Bevan, Mary Johnson, Lucy Fluck, Frances Bevan, Eli Wood, Leslie Fishpool, William Jones, George Jones.

1895.
Albert Phelps, William Burrows, Anthony Johnson, Herbert Burrows, Alice Shelton, Louisa George, Emily Tyrell, Lilian Goode, Alice Powell, Harry Wintle, Thomas Wintle, Lawrence Shelton, Ada Butler.

1896.
Thomas Lane, Enoch Lane, Elsie Lane, Ernest Groves, Jane Lane,
Florence George, Tom Parry, Oliver Parry, Jane Parry, Esther Parry,
Ferdinand Cornock, Arthur Willoughby, William Hyett, Edith Parsons, George Bowery, Percy Bowery, Ernest Bowery, Charles George, Margaret George, Norah Matthews, Eliza George, Charles Johnson, Emily Parry.

1897.
Isabel Bowery, Reginald Parry, Beatrice Goode, Ada Tyrell, Lucy Tyrell,
William Hooper, Albert Snow, Victor Turvey, William Phillips.

1898.
Evelyn Prew, Almala Hooper, Frederick Wintle, Delors Bowery

1899.
Etta Millwater, Edwin Dallow, William Davis.

1900.
Maud Phillips, Jane Davis, Charles Snow, Florence Pitman, Ambrose
Shelton, Barbara Fluck, Francis Goatman, Kate Lyne, Hagar Lyne, Grace Willoughby, Lawrence Shelton, Elsie Perkins, George Marshall.

1901.
Fanny Pitman, Elsie Lane, Reginald Lane, Florence Lane, Ethel Boughton, Albert Phillips, Agnes Goode, Arthur Wiggins, Agnes Davies, Charles
Boughton, Thomas Cross, Charles Wright, Frederick Wright, Hannah Turner, Maud Smith, William Smith.

1902.
Charles Bishop, Emily Bishop, Alfred Spiers, Annie Bishop, Hallam Sexty, Mary Murray, Annie Murray, Albert Bishop, Sidney Pitman, Bertie Bowery, Fanny Boughton, Ivy Smith.

1903.
Lily Parsons, May Snow, George Roberts, Frederick Roberts, Myrtle Smith , William Goode, Thomas Palmer, Daisy Grimshire, Archibald Grimshire, Robert Sexty.

1904.
Norah Poole, Edith Davis, Arthur Fishpool, Walter Snow, Victor Turvey, Lionel Turvey, Mabel Davis, Beatrice Williams, Cyril Williams.

1905.
Leonard Wintle, Doreas Ellwood, Leslie Turland, Walter Brookes.

1906.
Francis Goode, Delores Bowery, Albert Bowery, Dora Tilling.

1907.
Alfred Middlecoat, George Middlecoat, Gladys Middlecoat, Kate Middlecoat, Gertrude Pankhurst, Leonard Pankhurst, Percy Pankhurst, Mariah Sexty, Agnes Goode, Beatrice Harris, Eliza Harris, Rose Vale, William Snow,
Constance Neil, Wilfred Price.

1908.
Ernest White, Horace Lancelott, Edgar Palmer, Esther Sexty, Lily Copwood,

1909.
Reginald Bennett, Thomas Reeves, Elsie Reeves, George Reeves, William Reeves, Gladys Goode, Howard Wintle, Agnes Davies.

1910.
Evelyn Wickham, Alec or Alice Wickham, Cecil Pankhurst, Ernest White, Leslie Watkins, Muriel Watkins, Florence May, Elizabeth Snow.

1911.
Reginald Park-Smith, Lucy Maller, Mabel Maller, Dorothy Maller, Kate Cole, Elsie Cole, Arthur Cole, Alfred Cole, William Cole, John Cole, John Davies, Lilian Preece, Kathleen Preece.

1912.
Neville Harris, Hubert Powell, Arthur Powell, Edith Powell, Ernest Cooper, Lucy Cooper, Phyllis Cooper, Ivor Goode, Theadora Wintle, Frederick James, Thomas Tyrell.

1913.
Lily Orpwood, Daisy Davies, Edith Turner, Frederick Turner, Phyllis Hurley, William Turner, Letty Turner, Thomas Tilling, Hubert Snow, William Powell, Kathleen Preece, Ellen Hurley, Minnie Wixey, Harry Wixey, Eric Wixey, May Daney.

1914.
Alma Surrage, Lucy Gorin, Ralph Cross, Reginald Cross, Willie Cross. Harry Watkins, Alfred Watkins, Frank Watkins, Irene Thomson, Harry Thomson, Phyllis Hurley, Ellen Hurley, Dorothy Wintle, Arabella Tyrell, Ethel Watkins, Lionel Burson, Frances Burson, Dora Burson.

1915.
Noel Davis, Eva Sinderberry, Dorothy Sinderberry, Elsie Bick, Frederick Bick, Maud Bick, Walter Bick, James Bick, Emily Davies, Edith Davis, Rose Davies, Elsa Hurley, Cyril Snow, Florence Marshall, Alice Davis, Kathleen Davis, Marjorie Preece, Annie Green, Edwin( Jack) Green, Owen Oakey, Marjorie Oakey, Lionel Davies, Alice Powell, Emma Surrage, Christopher Surrage.

1916.
Sidney Sinderberry, James Bradley, Alice Elizabeth Bradley, Beatrice Annie Bradley, Isabel Bick, Evelyn Holder, Thomas Holder, Arthur James Norman, Arthur Hunt, Albert Hunt, Irene Grace Hunt.

1917.
John Lancelott, Irene Clutterbuck, Iris Clutterbuck, Vera Clutterbuck, Edith Emily Green, Ernest Sinderberry, Eric Goff, Olive Davies, William Wintle, Elizabeth Hunt, Joyce Brown, Aubrey Reginald Brown.

1918.
Kathleen Dora Burson, May Burson, William Henry Blewitt, Albert Frederick Phelps, Maud Beatrice Burson, Elizabeth Hunt, ? Bourne, William Sidney Good, Ethel Louisa Allen, Walter Holford, Edwin Holford, Gladys Holford, Robert Andrews, George Andrews.

1919.
John Lowe, Ernest John Harris , Winifred Harris, Evelyn Andrews, Doris Jane Davies, Leslie Henry Davies, Alec Wintle, Lottie Wintle, Raymond Goff, Phyllis Burson, John Lancelott, ? Wallace, Frederick Allen, Horace Sidney Roby.

1920.
Dorothy Ethel Groves, Sidney Groves, William Charles Hunt, James
Frederick Kavanagh, Edward Albert Preedy, Thomas Phelps, Beatrice Joyce.

1921.
Winifred Green, Cavell Goff, Dora Tilling, Rosina Mary Hobbs, Cyril Brown, Dorothy Mary Corbett, Mary Elizabeth Faulks.

1922.
Kathleen Faulks, Daniel Phelps, Madge Randall, Dorothy Thorne, Florence Thorne, Albert Thorne.

1923.
Lancelott Wallace, Joy Nicholls, Kathleen Bodenham, Llewellyn Bodenham, Ethel Bodenham, Cecil Rhodes, Joyce Green, Daniel Davis, Ivor Miles, Violet Osborne, John Osborne, Albert Charles Osborne, Bertha Osborne.

1924.
Mary Niblett, Francis Thorne, Robert Slann, Morgan Bodenham, Violet Tucker, John Robbins, Eleanor Faulks, Arthur Coldrick, Edward Osborne, Edith Watkins, Edith Salter, Oliver Tucker, Albert Burlow.

1925
Ernest Miles.

1926.
George Casewell, Leslie Ridler, Lancelott Wallis, Mary (Molly) Sysum.

1927.
Margaret Tucker, William Thorne, Daniel Davies, Robert Slann, Lucy Davis, John Gifford, Dorothy Croker, Gwyneth Bodenham, Patricia Phelps, George Winter, William Osborne.

1928.
Reginald Tucker, Iris Smith, Douglas Warren, Eva Fishpool, Frederick
Fishpool, Frank Fishpool, Nora Warren, Rosalind Smith, Elizabeth Sysum, Edith Watkins, Joyce Brown, Robert Gifford, Constance Moore.

1929.
Winifred Blewitt, Lilian Blewitt, Daniel Davies, Winifred Gunn, Howard Clowes.

1930.
Mavis Plowman, Michael Gifford, Gladys Gibson, Thomas Gibson, Thomas Turner, Robert Phelps, Lucy Davis, Elma Godwin, Jack Godwin, Bertha Moulding, Kenneth Cochrane, Audrey Cochrane, Roy Croker, Margaret Tucker, Patrick Harris, Leslie Lake.

1931.
Kenneth Holness, Colin Bodenham, Lucy Davies, Gwyneth Bodenham, Edith Watkins, Ronald Parker, Frederick Osborne, John Watkins.- Last pupil.

A history of the school entitled “Taynton & Education” by Katie Thomas & Don Sherratt price £10 can be obtained by contacting the webmaster.