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Sources for Education in Flitton

The Church Hall October 2010
The Church Hall October 2010

The following sources give evidence for education in Flitton. They should be used in conjunction with directories and Bedfordshire Historical Record Society volumes The Bedfordshire Schoolchild (volume 67 by David Bushby published in 1988) and Episcopal Visitations in Bedfordshire 1706-1720 (volume 81 by Patricia Bell published in 2002).

  • CRT100/27/3 page 45: proposal regarding the education of five children: 1763;
  • CRT100/27/4 p. 199: proposal regarding the education of four children: 1774;
  • ABV28: trunk containing children's school books in the church to be placed out of sight: 1839.