Old School, Bottisham (RGL2025)
Old School House (Jenyns Free School), High Street, Bottisham
History of Old School
Bottisham (MoC272/54)
Holy Trinity, Bottisham (RGL2025)
The school was founded by Roger Jenyns in 1730. Originally there was a relief of a boy with a book in one hand and a cap in the other. This relief is now in the church. The children had uniforms: boys, a long green coat with brass buttons and red stockings. The cap had a red tassel and the sleeves were edged in muslin bands. The girls’ dresses were of a green material with a white cap and white bonnet. The beneficiaries of the charity were known as ‘Charity Boys’.
In World War II it was a medical centre.
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