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Y 'Royal Charter'
Llain Abernodwydd
Saint Mary's Church
Cloth Hall
Pentraeth Station
Famous People
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The History of the School
Cliciwch yma am y fersiwn Cymraeg
In 1862 Roger Evans, a merchant and ship owner started to make
arrangements for starting a British School in the village. Land was bought from Lord
Vivian or £490 and the building cost £591. The building was completed by December 26,
1863. There was a large meeting at the school and a concert in the evening. The name of
the school was the British School, Pentraeth. Chapel children attended it. Because the
chapel-goers built a school, the church-goers decided to put up a new school as well. On
January 4th, when our school was opened a tea party was held for 75 children in new Church
School.
During this period here were very poor people living in the village and many children were
without tidy clothes to come to school. Therefore a CLOTHES CLUB was opened. Rich people
would give money every year o buy clothes for the poor children. Lady Vivian gave £2.00
in 1864.
The walls were of stone with bricks at the corners, four chimney pots and six windows at
the front. The school bell hung on the outside. In 1863 there were two classrooms in the
school, one big one and one small one. At the centre of the small room there were curtains
to make it into two. The school house was part of the building and it was here that the
headmaster and his family lived. There were three bedrooms in the house and a parlour,
kitchen and a scullery downstairs.
On the first day a hundred children came to the school under the care of he new
headmaster, Mr Humphrey Owen who came from the Normal College. His wife, Mrs Annie Owen
was the postmistress. The morning session lasted from 8.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. and the
afternoon session from 2.00 .m. - 4.00 p.m. at a cost of a penny a week.
He school was held for a year in the old chapel nearby from August 1926 onwards. The first
building had deteriorated and it was necessary to rebuild much of it. The buildings were
reopened on August 23, 1927 by Lady Vrney, Plas Rhianfa, Menai Bridge. By today new parts
have been built, with the windows of the old school having been changed ad the chimney
pots taken down.
It was extremely interesting to read the school log book, written in
English and showing great changes in the field of education and in the community in
general. These are extracts of the most interesting facts chosen by the children.
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