Durham Teachers Training College 1870, 1871

[Tarella]

William Ascough 1849 - 1926 attended the College 1870 - 1871 and was a reportedly top student. Are there any existing records from that time?

[sillgen]

Hi and welcome to rootschat,
Your best bet is to contact Durham Record Office and ask if they have any registers for the Training College for those years.
You can also look on the National Archives site to see what they have.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

[stanmapstone]

It was the The College of the Venerable Bede for men teachers, and College of St. Hild for women. Durham Record Office have these records http://www.rootschat.com/links/01fu7/

Stan

[ScouseBoy]

They sound like the names of Durham University "colleges"   which are still in existence to this day.

Maybe Durham University  is the place to start.      Approach the current college authorities, they may still have  photos on the wall  of top students.

[stanmapstone]

See https://www.dur.ac.uk/hild-bede/about/history/
and https://www.dur.ac.uk/hild-bede/contacts_visits/
Stan

[Tarella]

Thanks - I will ring Durham Records Office - I think they need my credit card!!

Durham Uni doesn't have records that far back.

[Dundee]

William was already a Schoolmaster at Mosborough in Derbyshire on census night 1871 (2 April) so perhaps he was doing his training earlier than you think.  How long did they train for?  I always thought that they worked as pupil teachers and then sat for a certificate.

He applied for the position of Clerk to the Eckington School Board and was appointed to the position in May 1871.  In 1881 his occupation was Clerk to the Scarborough School Board.

Debra 

[Tarella]

Hi Debra,

I have not been able to get that census for some reason - its news to me.  I was relying on the following publication - transcript attached

[Tarella]

Yes - transcript kind of confirms he went to Training College in 1868 or 69 - Which means that he was very likely Master by 1871 or even 1870. So was it then he went chasing Ellen who was working as a weaver in Bradford; she probably stayed with her mother till she died. William in the meantime having got the Masters house renovated. Quite an organiser - as later proved.