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Rutland / Re: Oakham Lords Hold
« on: Thursday 30 January 20 15:43 GMT (UK) »
In answer to your query, Oakham School is part of the foundation set up by Robert Johnson in 1584, and is still very much active. If W H Agar is shown in the 1891 Census as at Oakham School then he would have been either a boy at the school or a member of staff. It should be possible to check this by contacting the school direct at archivesuser@oakham.rutland.sch.uk. I'm sure they would be interested to hear of the medals too.
Oakham Workhouse was built in 1836-7 and would still have been fulfilling this function in 1891, but had no connection with the school at that time. It remained a workhouse until becoming a hospital in the mid-20th century. When it was eventually closed, Oakham School then bought the buildings and it is now part of the school.
The workhouse grandfather clock which was bought by the Board of Guardians of the Oakham Union in 1836 is now in the Rutland County Museum in Oakham ( see Rutland Record 2 (1981) 82-3 at http://www.rutlandhistory.org/rutlandrecord/rr02.pdf - access is free).
Regards
Editor, Rutland Local History & Record Society
Oakham Workhouse was built in 1836-7 and would still have been fulfilling this function in 1891, but had no connection with the school at that time. It remained a workhouse until becoming a hospital in the mid-20th century. When it was eventually closed, Oakham School then bought the buildings and it is now part of the school.
The workhouse grandfather clock which was bought by the Board of Guardians of the Oakham Union in 1836 is now in the Rutland County Museum in Oakham ( see Rutland Record 2 (1981) 82-3 at http://www.rutlandhistory.org/rutlandrecord/rr02.pdf - access is free).
Regards
Editor, Rutland Local History & Record Society