2013
NZ2154 : Beamish Board School
taken 13 years ago, near to Beamish, County Durham, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title Beamish Board School in this square
Beamish Board School
The school at the Pit Village section of Beamish Museum.
A brass plaque NZ2154 : The photographer at the Beamish Board School inside states:
Built 1891. A typical Board School based on the one built by Tanfield School Board at East Stanley - a mining community. It was run by Durham County Education Department from 1902 until it closed in 1985.
The school and community grew with the collieries. Families attending the school were involved in the West Stanley Pit Disaster of 1909, when 168 men and boys were lost.....
School presented by Durham County Council, dismantled in 1989 and rebuilt 1991-1 with aid from the European Regional Development Fund and Tyne Tees Television.
A brass plaque NZ2154 : The photographer at the Beamish Board School inside states:
Built 1891. A typical Board School based on the one built by Tanfield School Board at East Stanley - a mining community. It was run by Durham County Education Department from 1902 until it closed in 1985.
The school and community grew with the collieries. Families attending the school were involved in the West Stanley Pit Disaster of 1909, when 168 men and boys were lost.....
School presented by Durham County Council, dismantled in 1989 and rebuilt 1991-1 with aid from the European Regional Development Fund and Tyne Tees Television.
Beamish Museum :: NZ2254
Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley in County Durham. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North-East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.
Wikipedia: Link
Museum website: Link
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- Grid Square
- NZ2154, 548 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David P Howard (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 28 August, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Wednesday, 16 October, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NZ 2176 5434 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:53.0006N 1:39.7412W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NZ 2178 5436
- View Direction
- Southwest (about 225 degrees)
