Dear Sharon, Yes, Highbury is an area of London - actually now within the Borough of Islington and fairly central London. Holloway Road leading from Highbury Corner up to Highgate is one of the main arteries leading out of London and is famous for Dick Whittington who, on his way up the steep hill to Highgate, apparently heard the words: "Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London." So he did turn back and did become Lord Mayor - I think. Haven't checked this on the internet though! Highbury is also famous for the Arsenal Football Club. I don't live far away just over the border in Hackney - not thought to be quite as posh as Islington where Tony Blair lived at one time!! Not really relevant to 1857 though. Sorry. Best regards, Carol Lee -----Original Message----- From: bucks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bucks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sharon starkey Sent: 22 May 2009 22:17 To: bucks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BKM] Schoolteachers - National Society Monthly Paper Thankyou very much, Nivard, for posting this link to the National Society's monthly paper in your recent email to the Bucks List. I found Henry King, listed within the "Male Training Schools - Students" list at Highbury as having been examined at Christmas 1857, in his second year. Was this a mid-term exam? I would like to think that this Henry King was my gg-grandfather. Family notes state that Henry took his teacher training in London, and Highbury appears to be a district in London. He had previously been a "pupil teacher" at Steeple Claydon in 1851, as noted in the census of that year. On December 24th, 1858 my gg-gf Henry King married Emma Grace at Steeple Claydon. On the marriage licence Henry was noted as a Schoolmaster at Kimbolten, Hunts. kind regards, Sharon Starkey, nee King British Columbia, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <bucks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [BKM] Off topic - Schoolteachers > Hi Gill > > Having some National School Teachers in my line I have been down this road > a > few times, all my wives of National School Teachers were themselves > accredited teachers in their own right though > > I found mention of one of mine (Charlotte YOELL my great grandfathers > sister) in the following book on googlebooks > > http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0CsLAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=National+Society%27s+Monthly+Paper&ei=XZL9Se6LFY2oyASikujuBQ#PPP1,M1 > > It or similar may be useful in your research, there is alot of information > in it which helps > > There are also some interesting ones on Archive.org such as :- > > The National School Magazine (1825) > > It also gives a flavour of the things being taught at that time to > children > (perhaps they should revert to some of these <g>) > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > >> Thank you John for this information. This gives me hope that I can find >> such information as you have on your gg grandfather. Unlike your >> situation >> I have now found the wife in a young ladies training school located in >> The >> Close of Salisbury Cathedral - this in 1851 at the age of 17. I had >> noted >> that all the schools at which they taught seemed to be closely associated >> with the church. >> >> Much appreciated help from John and David >> >> Gill Smith > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thankyou Carol - I appreciate your reply regarding Highbury and it's location in London. I wish to point out that although my gg-gf Henry King attended teacher training college in London, and taught for a while at Kimbolten, he lived most of his life in Buckinghamshire, as his paternal ancestors had done. Henry King was born at Westcott, Waddesdon in 1835, second son of Thomas King (b.Nash) and Anne Treadwell (b.Westbury). Henry went to school at Steeple Claydon and married there after he received his teaching certificate. He initially obtained a teaching position at Kimbolten, Hunts - but, he developed a respiratory illness and was told to move to higher ground. In 1879 Henry and his family moved to Brill, Bucks where he worked as an assistant to his cousin John Aubrey Mumford, who was the land agent for the Aubrey-Fletcher Estates and lived at Brill Manor House. On the 1881 census Henry King was noted as a clerk and land surveyor - working for the Aubrey-Fletcher Estates. Henry and his family (including my late grandfather Frank Thomas King) lived at the Brill Manor Farm at that time. Later they lived variously at Rose Cottage and Brill Corner Close. By 1901 Henry and his family were living in Chilton, where Henry was an estate bailiff. Soon after that they returned to Brill, and lived at Southdene on Church Street until 1913 when his wife, Emma Grace, passed away. Then, Henry and his three unmarried daughters moved to a house on High Street in Brill. He died there in 1920. kind regards, Sharon Starkey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Lee" <carol@crystalclear.it> To: "sharon starkey" <rlsastarkey@shaw.ca>; <bucks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:47 AM Subject: RE: [BKM] Schoolteachers - National Society Monthly Paper Dear Sharon, Yes, Highbury is an area of London - actually now within the Borough of Islington and fairly central London. Holloway Road leading from Highbury Corner up to Highgate is one of the main arteries leading out of London and is famous for Dick Whittington who, on his way up the steep hill to Highgate, apparently heard the words: "Turn again, Whittington, Lord Mayor of London." So he did turn back and did become Lord Mayor - I think. Haven't checked this on the internet though! Highbury is also famous for the Arsenal Football Club. I don't live far away just over the border in Hackney - not thought to be quite as posh as Islington where Tony Blair lived at one time!! Not really relevant to 1857 though. Sorry. Best regards, Carol Lee

> Henry King was born at Westcott, Waddesdon in 1835, second son of > Thomas > King (b.Nash) and Anne Treadwell (b.Westbury). And had a brother George Treadwell King, who was buried aged 4 at Westbury on 4 Feb 1838 And his mother was possibly buried at Westbury as Ann King aged 32 on 13 July 1839, both from Westcott. (I've been working on the Kings in Westbury, who fizzle out after 1812 otherwise. You have a remarkably good collection of data there. EVE

> Henry King was born at Westcott, Waddesdon in 1835, second son of > Thomas > King (b.Nash) and Anne Treadwell (b.Westbury). And had a brother George Treadwell King, who was buried aged 4 at Westbury on 4 Feb 1838 And his mother was possibly buried at Westbury as Ann King aged 32 on 13 July 1839, both from Westcott. (I've been working on the Kings in Westbury, who fizzle out after 1812 otherwise. You have a remarkably good collection of data there. EVE