{"id":2026,"date":"2013-08-13T22:48:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T22:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2026"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:25:25","slug":"schools-in-hugglescote-1818-1851","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/?page_id=2026","title":{"rendered":"Schools in Hugglescote, 1818-1851"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hugglescote is a village in north-west Leicestershire and is part of the civil parish of Hugglescote and Donington le Heath. It is situated approximately twelve miles north-west of Leicester and a mile south of the centre of Coalville, to which it is now connected.<\/p>\n

Daily\u00a0schools for poorer families in 1818 <\/b>(population 614, including Donington)<\/p>\n

In 1818, Hugglescote and Donington were grouped together and were within the parish of Ibstock. There were three dames\u2019 schools <\/a>across the parish, but it is not clear which village(s) these were within. <\/b><\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>
Former National School, Hugglescote (1862 with adjoining infants’ school of 1883)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daily schools in 1833 <\/b>(population 830)<\/p>\n

There were two daily schools in Hugglescote and Donington, containing a total of 50 male and 26 female pupils, instructed at the expense of their parents. <\/b><\/p>\n

Daily schools connected to the Anglican Church\u00a0in 1846-7<\/b><\/p>\n

The parish did not submit a return to this inquiry. \u00a0 Read about Hugglescote schools in the 20th century<\/a> \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunday schools<\/b><\/h2>\n

In 1818<\/b><\/p>\n

There were no Sunday schools in Hugglescote and Donington. <\/b><\/p>\n

In 1833<\/b><\/p>\n

There were two nonconformist Sunday schools in Hugglescote and Donington (denominations not stated) supported by annual collections. One had 69 male and 58 females Sunday scholars and had a lending library attached. The other educated 6 boys and 6 girls.<\/p>\n

Anglican Sunday school in 1846-7<\/b><\/p>\n

The parish did not submit a return to this inquiry.<\/p>\n

In 1851 <\/b>(population 1,014)<\/p>\n

On the afternoon of 30 March 1851, 84 scholars attended Hugglescote Baptist Church <\/a>Sunday school. The two school rooms were connected to the chapel. There was no Anglican Sunday school.<\/p>\n

\"Hugglescote<\/a>
Hugglescote Primary School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Return to A History of Leicestershire Schools: A-Z<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Sources<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • Education of the Poor Digest<\/i>, Parl. Papers 1819 (224)<\/li>\n
  • Education Enquiry,<\/i> Parl. Papers 1835 (62)<\/li>\n
  • National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, Result of the Returns to the General Inquiry made by the<\/i> National Society, into the state and progress of schools for the education of the poor … during the years 1846-7, throughout England and Wales <\/b><\/i>( <\/b>London, 1849).<\/li>\n
  • 1851 Ecclesiastical census<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hugglescote is a village in north-west Leicestershire and is part of the civil parish of Hugglescote and Donington le Heath. It is situated approximately twelve miles north-west of Leicester and a mile south of the centre of Coalville, to which it is now connected. Daily\u00a0schools for poorer families in 1818 (population 614, including Donington) In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2026","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5219,"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2026\/revisions\/5219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicestershirehistory.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}