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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL [parish, Luthrie] | School (Ph.) [Parish] School (Ph.) [Parish] |
Mr. John Millar. Schoolmaster David Cook Esq. Corphin. |
005 | [situation] In the village of Luthrie. The parish school of Creich situated in the village of Luthrie, is a good edifice, in good repair and slated, with a dwelling house for the teacher attached - the branches of education taught are those usually taught in parish schools, the average attendance is 20. the schoolmasters salary is the maximum with the interest of a mortification amounting to 2000 Merks, made by the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Henderson, the school fees, and a house and garden. This school house is only about 10 or 12 years built. |
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22 Creich Parish Plan 5D Trace 2
[Note arrowed to the name of Revd. Mr Henderson]
ENDOWED SCHOOL. Endowed School would be an improvement and if the edifice be one erected at the time of Endowment, it would be known as an antiquity with the name in German Text. This endowment by such a man as Dr. Henderson at the peculiar times in which he lived and acted renders it an object of [Cultural] and Antiquarian interest. OMO [Ordnance Map Office]
[Note]
The school house is comparatively a new house not more than 10 or 12 years built. It should not be written Endowed School as all parish school are understood to be endowed schools besides the interest of the money referred to is only an additional emolument to the parochial endowment as an encouragement to the schoolmaster, the parochial endowment being the principal. O.S.O. Edinb. [Ordnance Survey Office - Edinburgh]
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 42 - Parishes of Dunbog, Adbie, Kilmany, Moonzie, Creich, OS1/13/42
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Dunbog, Adbie, Kilmany, Moonzie, Creich.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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