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  2. Tawse - Wikipedia

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    The tawse, sometimes formerly spelled taws (the plural of Scots taw, a thong of a whip), is an implement used for corporal punishment. It was used for educational discipline, primarily in Scotland, but also in schools in a few English cities e.g. Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Liverpool, Manchester and Walsall.

  3. Scottish education in the nineteenth century - Wikipedia

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    Scottish education in the nineteenth century concerns all forms of education, including schools, universities and informal instruction, in Scotland in the nineteenth century. By the late seventeenth century there was a largely complete system of parish schools, but it was undermined by the Industrial Revolution and rapid urbanisation.

  4. Dissenting academies - Wikipedia

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    Nonconformist school or college in England and Wales. The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and seminaries (often institutions with aspects of all three) run by English Dissenters, that is, Protestants who did not conform to the Church of England. They formed a significant part of education in England from the mid-seventeenth to ...

  5. List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century ...

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    This is a list of some of the endowed schools in England and Wales existing in the early part of the 19th century.It is based on the antiquarian Nicholas Carlisle's survey of "Endowed Grammar Schools" published in 1818 [1] with descriptions of 475 schools [2] but the comments are referenced also to the work of the Endowed Schools Commission half a century later.

  6. List of dissenting academies (19th century) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dissenting academies in England and Wales, operating in the 19th century.Over this period the religious disabilities of English Dissenters were lifted within the educational system, and the rationale for the existence of a system of general education parallel to that requiring Church of England beliefs therefore fell away.

  7. University of Cincinnati College of Law - Wikipedia

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    History. The University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School. It is the fourth oldest continuously operating law school in the United States — after Harvard, the University of Virginia, and Yale — and the first in the nation's interior. In 1900, it was a charter member of the Association of American ...

  8. History of education in England - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in England is documented from Saxon settlement of England, and the setting up of the first cathedral schools in 597 and 604.. Education in England remained closely linked to religious institutions until the nineteenth century, although charity schools and "free grammar schools", which were open to children of any religious beliefs, became more common in the early ...

  9. List of founders of English schools and colleges - Wikipedia

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    Newland Grammar School c. 1445 John Colet: St Paul's School: 1509 Hugh Oldham: Manchester Grammar School: 1515 Thomas Horsley Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1525 William Radcliffe Stamford School: 1532 John Incent: Berkhamsted Collegiate School: 1541 King Henry VIII: Durham School. The King's School, Canterbury King's Ely The King's ...