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SCHOOL [Fala] A School ho. [house] Mr. W. Sutton U. P. [United Presbyterian] School Schoolmaster
David Bloomfield Blackshiels
Robert Leith Fala Dam
014 A parish school house erected by The Heritors of the Parish, it is a small stone building in good repair, and having An appointed teacher to it, like all Ph. [Parish] Schools in Scotland the Teachers salary is derived from the Heritors of the Parish & Scholars fees, the average no. [number] of scholars is about 20

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[Page] 43 Parish of Fala
School
A House
Mr. W. Sutton U. P. [United Presbyterian] School Schoolmaster
David and Bloomfield Blackshiels
Robert Leith Fala Dam
A School house belonging to the United Presbyterian Congregation of this Parish, It is a small stone building in good repair, was first built for a dwelling house, but purchased by the above body & converted into a School Ho. [House] there is an appointed teacher to it at a salary of £10. per Ann;[Annum] besides scholars fees the salary is raised by subscription and paid by a committee appointed by the Congregation the average no. [number] of scholars is about sixty the branches taught are English Arithmetic Latin etc.

[signed] F Smith C/A [Civilian Assistant]
27th July 1852

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