Margret, Bucks FHS has some details about schools in the Great Brickhill area on their website, including the 1833 Education Provision Survey. Take a look at http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/index.php?option=com_parish2&task=display&rec=72&tab=articles&Itemid=140 for Great Brickhill then click on Bucks Parishes in the menu to the left to research other parishes. Tony Sargeant On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 11:02 +0100, Margaret Holmes wrote: > I have been reading the book "Henry Mundy - A Young Australian Pioneer" which has set me wondering about schools in or close to Great Brickhill. > My husband's great great grandfather John Holmes, a shepherd, was seemingly able to write his name at least. His son George, a groom was similarly literate. John was born in 1799 and George in 1826 so where at that time would they have learned to read and write? Henry Mundy went to a school in Simpson but Leighton Buzzard or Slapton would probably have been nearer to Great Brickhill. Was there a school in those places between 1805 and 1840? The National School in Little Brickhill was opened in 1840 so probably George's children would have gone there. Margaret > *************************************** > > 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