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That when Ash School was
inspected by Mr Moncrieff the accommodation was found to be
sufficient for the numbers then in the school, and that from the
cause stated above, the numbers will be reduced, and therefore
that additional space does not seem to be required.
Under these circumstances the committee requests
your Lordships to inform them what they require.
I have the honour of being your Lordships
Obedient servant
R. Salway.6
The argument appears to have been centred around the 10
children going to Fawkham and the 10 to Culverstone; the board
argued that there were 93 children to go to Ridley and Ash after
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children had gone to the other two schools,
i.e. a total of 113, but Ash Committee thought differently. To
them the 93 was inclusive of the 20 children and therefore only
73 were left to go to Ash.
Some form of enlargement was obviously envisaged
for on May 6th 1873, Multon Lambarde signed a second trust deed
causing the play ground to be extended right to the church yard
wall, and stating that any buildings already there, or built at
a later date should be for the school.7 In fact
this deed never seems to have been enforced. At the time of
writing the field that was set aside for this deed is still
under cultivation.
6 Ministry of Education File
on Ash School.
7 See appendix 4 and
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