Long St., Castlethorpe Rd., Western Drive, and Hanslope Combined School and Stocking green farm
approx late 1990s
Stokes Manor, built in 1450 by Thomas Stokes
Stokes Manor was a boarding school for boys from before 1786 - c.1800. It was on the site of Western Drive and the Watts Arms.
Hales Folly Farmhouse c.1970
A boarding school for girls was established here about 1853 by Agnes A Slade. At some time before 1881 the school moved to Stony Stratford and was called York House school.
Hales Folly Farm 1912
Copyright English Heritage
(Bucks County Council)
Village Hall, previously known as Church End School, Squire Watts, National, Feoffee and Top School!
Built c.1840 by the Watts family and ran until 1876. The Feoffee Charity opened a school in this building in July 1877 and ran it until 1896 when it handed control over to the Hanslope School Board.
Photo from Kitchener Collection
Long Street (Green End or Bottom) school
c.1900
The right half of the building was a house occupied by the head master, Mr Quixley and his family.
HDHS archive
The Village Hall, formerly Top School, in Newport Road.
Long Street School c.1925. Originally the Board School, built in 1872 for 206 children.
At various times also known as Bottom School and Green End School
Kitchener Collection
Long Street Road School, also known as Green End School and the Board School.
Hanslope Combined School c.2010
This school was built just behind the site of the old Long St. School which caught fire and was demolished in 1969.
Hales Folly Farm
January 2009
The field in the foreground is the site of a housing estate, built in 2021-22.
Church End School staff c.1910
Ellen Neale, ?, ?, Annie Cox, Henry Wood.
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Amy Tite, school teacher, with her students, 1925.
Amy Tite was a witness at the inquest into the death of teacher Miss French.
Church End infants school c.1920
back Row.: Edie Rainbow, ?,?,?,?, Fred Smith ?,?, Bert Keeves , Bill Gable, Cliff Eakins, Gladys Walker.
Front Row: Eleanor Clarke, Emily Ckarke, ?, Syilvia Lane, ?; Cisse Nichols, Eileen MacInnan Seated: Cissie Evans, Phyllis Sharp.
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Church End School 1925
Now the village hall.
Teachers L - R: Miss Penny, Miss Amy Tite, Miss Mathews.
Pupils L-R: Frank Atkins, Tom Clark, ??, Betty Sutton, Ernest Garrett, Florence Bull, Dorothy Simons, (front middle) Stephen Bailey, Irene Eliot, Bill Webb, ??, Freda Clarke, Dorothy and Gladys Woodland, Dora Webb, Ted Ansell standing, Lily Willingham, Stan Geary, Harold Powell, Walter Gable, Henry Elliott, Dorothy Stanton, Eileen Everett (side sitting) Joan Hillyer, Sid Garrett, Peggy Garrett,
Note oil lamps, coal fire and rubber at end of desks to clean slates.
HDHS archive.
Church End School class c.1926
Back row: Bill Smith, Stanley Geary, Bill Cable, Sid Garrett, Arthur Lane, Frank Webb.
Middle row. ??, Ivy Bailey, Stephen Bailey, Dora Webb, ??, Dorothy Woodland, ??, ??,
Front row. Florence Ball, Joan Hillyer, ??, Ivy Hindley, Peggy Garret, Lizie King, Cyril Lane, Walter Gable, Hilda Geary.
HDHS archive.
Infants class Church End School 1920
Back Row: Albert Garrett , Bert Elliott, Henry Elliott, Eric Ditam, ?, Ray Scarsbrook, Bill Kingston, Jack Gregory, Ted Bonner,
Front Row: Gladys Walker, Mary Sawbridge, Violet Keech, Herbert sisters, Seated: Alfie Keeves, Tom Branson.
HDHS archive.
Green End School class play 1918
Back row. Rennie Payne, Jenny Garrett, Flo Sawbridge, Dorothy Paybody, Kathy Ditum.
Middle row. Everill Story, Freda Cook
front Row: Evelyn Gregory, Elsie Gregory, Gerry Kerridge, Ivy Lane, Gladys Herbert
Bottom School Running competitors
c 1930
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School children dancing in Grid Iron field behind the school (now the village hall) in Newport Road, 1924/25
Children include Dorothy Simons, Ted Ansell, Harold Powell, Stan Geary, Joan Hillyer (Dancing) Sid Garrett 5th from right.
Green End (Long St) School class c.1900
Includes Jane Hillyer, mother of Emily Keeves and Freda Garrett
Group of school children
c 1910
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Hanslope Board school
18th January 1894
Children at Hanslope Board School
c1894
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Long St. School on fire. Aug.1969
Formerly known as Bottom School
Programme of the memorial service held for Miss French, who died as a result of burns from a fire at Church End School on Dec.19, 1919.
Mable and Ellen Neale c.1925
Miss Mabel and Ellen Neale outside their home in Newport Road opposite the Village Hall.
Mabel taught at Hanslope school and Ellen was headmistress at Akeley School near Buckingham.
HDHS archive
Running competitors, Long St School (Bottom School)
School holiday camp on the Isle of Wight c.1969
back row: Rosalind Billingham, Judith Barrett, Cheryl Ward, Chris Pardoe, Terry Boss, Ealine Crossman, Jan King.
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School Pierrot Troupe 23 March 1918
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Top School students, 1900s
HDHS archive donated by Emily Keeves
School Play 21st March 1918
l - r Phillis Chandler, Eric Hinks, Frank Brownsell, Ruby Cook, Elsie Gregory aged 13 years, Clarice Herbert, Alice Stimson.
HDHS archive
School Play: 'The Lacemakers'
c.1900
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School performance of 'Aladdin'
c.1905
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School performance of 'The Mikado' c.1900
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Top school children
c. 1903
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donated by Emily Keeves
Top School c.1903
2nd row next to head master is Bert Horne.
Source Emily Keeves
Top School c.1905
Source Emily Keeves
Mr Wood, headmaster, with a class from the Top School c.1865.
Top School is now the Village Hall.
HDHS archive.
Top School (now the Village Hall) group c.1904
Mr Wood, Schoolmaster is on the right.
Teachers on the left: Miss Neale; Miss K Sawbridge; Miss Cox, Governess
Frank Tebby is in the 2nd row, 4th from he right
Loval Geary is in next row, just above
Top school playground including Sid Garret
c.1925.
Top School is now the village hall.
HDHS archive
Hanslope Combined School
(Bottom School)1978/79
Back Row. L-R Mrs Brookes, Mrs Best, Mrs Smith, Mr Brooks, Mr Shepherd(Head), Mr Toye(Deputy head), Mrs Escott, Mrs Canning, Mr Fraser (Caretaker)
Front Row: Mrs Borner, Mrs Protheroe(Welfare Assistant), Mrs Brooks head of first school
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School Staff 1975-76
Back row. l-r Stephanie Devenish, Mrs Win Huxby, Peter Evans, Mr Toye, Mrs Green (School Secretary) and Mrs Brooks. (Head First School)
Front Row l-r Mrs Thompson, Jenny Escott, Mrs Best, Mrs Smith, Mrs Pateman (peripatetic Music)
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Gerald Keeves with school friends, 2013
Source Gerald Keeves (Centre of photo)