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hi long shoot ..does anybody know of a school in Southwalk called or was called Borough school.... my great uncle was headmaster prior to WW1
cannot find it in any records ...family history in southwalk say the school is usually named after the road it was in at this time
can anybody tell me the name of the school if it still exsists now
thanks Keith

Do you mean Southwark ?

Have you found your great uncle on the 1911 census ?

Glitterbaby no he died of an injury received in the war
i managed to get a copy of his obituary and it stated he was headmaster of borough school Southwark before he enlisted to fight in WW1
have been in touch with the council for Southwark but they know of no school named that (sorry for mistake in spelling )
it may not be there now i am talking 1918 .or it may be known by another name .as i said the man i spoke to said in those days the school was usually called after the road it was in
thank you for taking time to reply
regards Keith

Friends reunited is school based ,wonder if you might find the school on there

Shirley .thank you for your suggestion. i do not think friends reunited would go back that far .
as he died two years after the war
regards Keith

Keith

If he enlisted in WW1 then surely you could find him in 1911

GB

Have you looked at the historical directories website.

Quite often schools were listed

You could try sending an email to the local history library:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200161/local_history_library

Glitterbaby apologies of course he would be on 1911 census
i do not know what i was thinking of sorry regards Keith

iv tryed google map and there is a road called
Borough Road, Camberwell, Southwark

so now thinking maybe there was a shcool and every one just called it borough road school

is there a way you can find out if there was a school in this road and try to go from there

seems like the was a Borough Road School

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bonwick

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/londonGenerations/registerSearch.aspx?panel=search

(choosing Southwark, then School in searchbox, brings up names, not seeing Borough though!)

Chris :)

What was your Gt Uncles name?
What year was he born and where? What family did he have so that we might be able to trace him and find where he worked as a HeadMaster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_Road

old map (1872) showing schools on Borough Road
http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/stanfordpages/southwark02a.html


this looks interesting

http://www.bfss.org.uk/about-us/

The Burrell Bibles collection donated to Borough Road College in memory of Arthur Burrell, Principal of the College 1900-1913.

hello. thank you to everybody who took the time to reply. i had to go out and play taxi so it was very late when i got back.... his name was William Price. i have lots of info on him .when he was born when he died ect
but have not been able to track the school down despite searching ..thought the school may have a bit of info on him (if it still exsists) got in touch with the council (Southwark) but they could not help.
have recently found out after the war before his death he was assosiated with Scammel lorries .what he did there i have no idea but when he died he left a substancial amount of money to his family ..well thanks again everyone now i have some info to search
regards Keith

when did he die please?

fmp has a Teachers registration record for a William Price who held the following positions

Assistant master
Napier School 1891 - 1899
Burghley Road HE School 1899 - 1904

Head Master
The Elliott Central School 1903 - 1933

tempest .thank you i have seen this one i thought i had found him but this is not him .he was a head teacher untill the start of ww1 then he joined the army and went to fight in France.
when the war finished he did not have good health and was involved with scammell lorries (i dont know what this means either) untill his death
thanks for reply Keith

might be of interest

http://www.scammellregister.co.uk/index.htm

tempest
thank you for that information. regards Keith

1911

PRICE, William Joseph Head Married M 37 1874 Head Teacher (London County Council) Hants Aldershot
PRICE, Alice Wife Married
15 years F 44 1867 Lancs Warrington
PRICE, Mary Daughter F 14 1897 School Lancs Warrington
PRICE, Robert Son M 12 1899 School Lancs Warrington
PRICE, Alice Daughter F 1 1910 Lancs Warrington
BOWDEN, Alice Boarder Single F 32 1879 Assistant London Islington

RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2289 Reference:
RG14PN2289 RG78PN78A RD26 SD5 ED4 SN357

Registration District:
Wandsworth Sub District:
Streatham Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Wandsworth Borough

Address:
8 Stapleton Road Upper Tooting S W County:
London

(is it this William?)...

Chris :)