A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912Bell, Edward Allen
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A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912
Bell, Edward Allen
Giggleswick School (Giggleswick, England) -- History
Surely when Nicholson undertook the house, he had not permission
to defer the completing of it _ad libitum_. It was first thought
it would have been done six weeks before Christmas. Mr. N. has
now converted the house into a workshop for the convenience of
his people to carry on the repairs that are to be done to the
dog-kennel: in order to make it habitable for some of Mr.
Armistead's people: and the plasterer has also been absent for
the last two days, I suppose, employed by Mr. N. at Astick. If I
had any tolerable convenience it would be quite another thing;
but I have never had a comfortable place to lie down in since I
have been at Giggleswick, tho' I have been a slave to the
business of the School, and stood much in need of undisturbed
and comfortable rest. I am indeed sorry to trouble you so often,
but not only my happiness, but my life is at stake: and I would
rather leave Giggleswick immediately than go on so any longer.
I remain, Sir,
Yours etc.,
J. CARR.
Monday, P.M.
P.S.--Mr. Ingram could have done a little longer without a
scullery, as well as I can do (if I ever go to it) without a
garden wall and a necessary.
He did not stay many years longer but resigned in 1807. Ingram's house
was known as Craven Bank and in 1829 he added a stable at the cost of
£60. Howson also was having money spent upon his house. In 1817 he had a
new kitchen built at the cost of £100 and seven years later he received
£120 to repair his house, while his salary had already been increased £5
yearly to meet the cost of alterations and repairs.
The closing years of Rowland Ingram's time were not bearing the fruit
that the first decade had promised. But the School turned out at least
one good Scholar--John Saul Howson--a son of the Usher. Born in 1816 he
went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1833, at the age of seventeen.
He won a Scholarship there and also received money from the Tennant
Exhibition Fund. He took some University prizes, and a first class in
both Classics and Mathematics. As Head of Liverpool College for ten
years he did a great educational work, by releasing it from debt and
reforming its system. Later he was appointed Dean of Chester where
eventually he died. As a Churchman he was a notable figure and as a
Christian he will be remembered long.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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