Chris said, > If you're asking "Was there a Jewish secondary school in Yorkshire in the > 1870's", then the answer is almost certainly "no", but there may be > another > answer depending on the question that you're really asking, and any other > information that you have but haven't posted. > > The 1870 Elementary Education Act set out a framework for the provision of > education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 in England and > Wales. Naturally, this wasn't taken up or enforced overnight, and it > wasn't > for another 10 years that children aged 5 to 10 were actually compelled to > go to school. Age 5 to 13 was primary education. > > Secondary education commenced at 13, an age when the vast majority of > people > were well capable of, and expected to be, earning a living for themselves. > If you went into secondary education, instead of a job, someone had the > money to spare to pay for it. > > Yorkshire had an influx of Jews in the mid to late nineteenth century. > They > were fleeing the persecution in what is now Poland, and usually intending > to > go to the USA. The usual route was into England via Hull, and out via > Liverpool. Some ran out of money and ended up settling in cities along the > route such as Leeds and Manchester. What became the Leeds ghetto was an > area > called the Leylands, to the north of the city centre. > > Following the 1870 Elementary Education Act the area benefited from the > same > education provision as the rest of the country. The first Board school > (board, as in School Board, not boarding) in the Leylands was set up in > Gower street in 1875 (the building is still there, but it's no longer a > school). In time, the Board schools in the Leylands had an almost 100% > Jewish attendance, but they were neither Jewish, nor Secondary schools. > Chris, that was excellent.!! I have no jewish ancestors (that I am aware of ) but found it most interesting. Had Mary found something on Google, we as a list would have missed this very educational piece of information. regards from, Annabelle.

I agree Annabelle, I have printed it and will refer to that info as I need to. Mary > Chris said, > > >> If you're asking "Was there a Jewish secondary school in Yorkshire in the >> 1870's", then the answer is almost certainly "no", but there may be >> another >> answer depending on the question that you're really asking, and any other >> information that you have but haven't posted. >> >> The 1870 Elementary Education Act set out a framework for the provision of >> education for all children between the ages of 5 and 13 in England and >> Wales. Naturally, this wasn't taken up or enforced overnight, and it >> wasn't >> for another 10 years that children aged 5 to 10 were actually compelled to >> go to school. Age 5 to 13 was primary education. >> >> Secondary education commenced at 13, an age when the vast majority of >> people >> were well capable of, and expected to be, earning a living for themselves. >> If you went into secondary education, instead of a job, someone had the >> money to spare to pay for it. >> >> Yorkshire had an influx of Jews in the mid to late nineteenth century. >> They >> were fleeing the persecution in what is now Poland, and usually intending >> to >> go to the USA. The usual route was into England via Hull, and out via >> Liverpool. Some ran out of money and ended up settling in cities along the >> route such as Leeds and Manchester. What became the Leeds ghetto was an >> area >> called the Leylands, to the north of the city centre. >> >> Following the 1870 Elementary Education Act the area benefited from the >> same >> education provision as the rest of the country. The first Board school >> (board, as in School Board, not boarding) in the Leylands was set up in >> Gower street in 1875 (the building is still there, but it's no longer a >> school). In time, the Board schools in the Leylands had an almost 100% >> Jewish attendance, but they were neither Jewish, nor Secondary schools. >> > Chris, that was excellent.!! > > I have no jewish ancestors (that I am aware of ) but found it most > interesting. Had Mary found something on Google, we as a list would have > missed this very educational piece of information. > > regards from, > Annabelle. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message