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A brick building with a large arched window, a pale blue arched door, a wrought iron bench, and two topiary trees in pots.

Old School, Bottisham (RGL2025)

Old School House (Jenyns Free School), High Street, Bottisham

History of Old School

A brick building with a tiled roof features a central gable stone carving of a figure above a door, fronted by a brick wall.

Bottisham (MoC272/54)

A stone plaque depicting a small standing figure flanked by two heraldic shields above an engraved inscription from 1730.

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’.

 

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