Nailstone is in west Leicestershire, three miles north-east of Market Bosworth. Daily schools for poorer families in 1818 (population 293) There was just one school, and the children had to pay fees. The local Anglican minister, Thomas Adutt, commented that the poor were ‘desirous of more sufficient means of education’. Daily schools in 1833 (population 421) … Continue reading Schools in Nailstone, 1818-1851