| Evidence: | School hours were from 9 to 12 and from 2 to 5. The mode of teaching was this. Each of the boys had a column or half a column of spelling to learn by heart every morning He also wrote a copy every morning. In the afternoon he read in the Bible and did a sum, on Thursdays and Saturdays he was catechised, that is he was examined in the Church of England catechism. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1778 and 31 Dec 1783 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: afternoon | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Wine Office Court, Fleet Street other location: school |
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| Reader: | Francis Place |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Son of landlord of public house |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Bible |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2055 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Francis Place | |
| Editor: | Mary Thale | |
| Title: | The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854) | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 41 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Francis Place, Mary Thale (ed.), The Autobiography of Franis Place (1771-1854) (Cambridge, 1972), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2055, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
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