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A Short History of the Township of Tyldesley

 By John Lunn 1953

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Appendix 18

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, TYLDESLEY

1Jacob Robson, B.D.......................................1825-51
2George Richards M.A..................................1851-84
3John Lund, M.A...........................................1884-1920
4Samuel James Fleming................................1921-1948
5Hendrik Ralph Bakker, B.A. B.D................1948-1949
6Thomas Davies B.A.....................................1949-
 1. Buried in Tyldesley Churchyard.
2. In 1883 it was agreed Richardson should have the use of the vicarage for life and £150
per annum. He was then aged 71 and failing in his powers. He was M.A. of Trinity
College, Cambridge.
 3. Married September 16, 1889, Susan Ramsden, daughter of William Ramsden. Died at
Milnthorpe, 1924.
 4. St. Bees, 1894, Univ. of Durham, 1901.
 5. B.A. (Lond.), B.D. (Manchester), Vicar of Cadishead, 1929-48. Died in Mort Lane, about
his priestly duties.
 6. Came from Bradford, Manchester, to Tyldesley. B.A. (Manchester), Curate of Ellenbrook
Chapel, 1943-5.

Appendix 19

CHRONOLOGY OF TYLDESLEY SCHOOLS

Mosley Common School........................................................1822
National School, St. George's........................................................1829
Wesleyan School, Boothstown........................................................1849
Wesleyan School, Derby Street....................................(ceased 1912)1858
Congregational School, High Street....................................(ceased 1891)1871
Johnson Street School........................................................1871
Primitive Methodist School, Shuttle Street....................................(ceased 1912)1875
Mission School........................................................1892
Mission School (2 storeys)........................................................1896
Holy Family School, Boothstown........................................................1897
British School, Upper George Street........................................................1902
Technical School, Upper George Street........................................................1903
Lower Elliott Street School........................................................1913
Garratt Hall Boys' School........................................................1935

Appendix 20

Masters of Boys' School, St George's, Tyldesley

1845-58... Peter Bent     1903-12... Herbert Leather
1859-68... Moses Molyneaux     1912-13... George Smith
1868-72... John Best     1923-24... William Tyldesley
1872-75... James Longstaffe     1934-35... Abraham Howard
1875-90... John Grounds     1935-49... William Tyldesley
1890-1903 William Pinnington     1949-    ... Roger Hosfield

Headteachers of the Girls' School, St George's, Tyldesley

1845-53... Sarah Bent     1881 ........ C. Cartlidge
1856 ........ Annie Barwise     1883-1909 Elizabeth Walker (Mrs.)
1865 ........ Mary Ann Molyneaux     1909-17... Alice May Hill
1871-72... Jane Dewhirst     1917-33... Anne Chadwick
1876 ........ Martha Wilkinson     1934-35... M. T. Baker

Headteachers of the Infants School, St George's, Tyldesley

1865 ........ Elizabeth Catherine Morris     1903 ........ Mrs. Morgan
1871 ........ Alice Ann Hayes     1903-39... Lucy Partington
1873 ........ Harriet Bodycoate     1939-45... Jennet Tyldesley
1876-93... Emma Mason     1945 ........ E. Lyon (Mrs.)
1893 ........ Miss Canner
Headteachers of the Mission School, Tyldesley

1893-94... Miss Showler     1934-35... William Tyldesley
1894-1903 Elizabeth Emily Buckley     1935-39.... Roger Hosfield
1902-23... William Pinnington     1949-53... Kenneth Ingham
1923-34... George Smith

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