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SOHAM PARISH
Genealogy and Local History,
East Cambridgeshire
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Schools in the
parish of Soham
Past and Present.
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The History of the Soham School Board.
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Soham School Board was formed in 1871
and abolished on the 1st September 1903.
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 The
Weatheralls Primary School in Pratt Street.
The
Weatheralls School opened in 1971 as a new Infants
School with 8 classrooms to take 240 Children.
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 The
Grammar School, Beechurst, Sand Street.
Now part of the Soham Village College
complex in Sand Street.
Beechurst was once a private residence, built
in 1900 by Charles Morbey who lived there with his
family until 1920.
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 The
County Infants School in Clay Street.
The
County Infants School opened in 1875 in Clay Street,
Soham.
Now used as the Soham Library.
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 Saint
Andrews CE Primary School in Sand Street.
The St
Andrew's
Church of England Primary School opened in 1991, and
is located on the grounds that once belonged to Soham Village College, and is situated very close to
the college, although separate from it.
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 The
Girls National School in Clay Street.
The Girls
National School started in 1835 in a rented
barn, towards the end of its life as a school it
became St Andrews mixed Primary, the old school has
now been converted to residential use.
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 The
Soham Board Boys School on The Shade.
The
Shade School was situated on the Shade just
after the turning to Qua Fen Common on the right
hand side from Townsend, it was demolished to
make way for new houses, although the school
house still survives.
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 The
Old Boy's Grammar School in Churchgate Street.
The
foundation of The Boys Grammar School in Soham dates
back to 1686, the building still survives although
it is in private ownership and in a poor state of
repair.
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Dr. David Guntons Classical and Commercial Academy in Pratt Street.
This
school was held in a room behind Soham Cottage,
and was a private Educational establishment for
young gentlemen from the 1830's - 1860's,
afterwards it became a private school for young
Ladies for a short while.
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 The
Soham Fen Mixed Board School on Great Fen Road.
The
Soham Fen School is situated on the West side of
Great Fen Road, not far from the Fen Methodist
Chapel, it was built in 1886 and closed in 1968.
It is now a private residence.
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 The Barway
Mixed Board School.
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Barway School was built by the Soham School
Board in 1888, but closed in 1923 when the
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Quakers of Cambridgeshire
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This is a very interesting book that we
have extracted the Cambridgeshire part from, the full
title of the book is, A Collection of the Sufferings of
the People called Quakers, and was published in 1753,
but gives accounts as far back as 1653, has many names
from this area and details of what became of them
including their punishments because of their Faith, is
an absolutely fascinating read.
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A great
resource for anyone with interest in the
political and social history of both
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire |
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This is a
little handwritten book dated 1817 in our
possession, that once belonged to a local Live
Stock Farmer, it is unique and is a book of
recipes of old fashioned Cures for all manner of
disorders in Cattle, Sheep and Horses, you can
read how they cured these things with local
ingredients, some sound pretty hair raising.
Only available from us. |
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