Primary Schools in Heywood Lancashire

[Maiden Stone]

"Heywood Schooldays" on Monkey Town - The History of Heywood website https://www.heywoodhistory.com/p/explore-stories.html
See also the section "The Christian Life - Religion and churches in  Heywood". Majority of schools were likely to have been church schools.

SchoolsSearch website lists existing schools.

[chempat]

Lot of articles in newspaper archives about schools in Heywood, including from the Heywood Advertiser, discussion about school closures and new schools opening.

[Raysgirl]

Hi AureliaSB,  I live in Heywood very close to Peel Lane, number 3 would be at the bottom end of peel lane, it divides into George st and Peel Lane into Bank Top st.  Our local history group should be able to help https://www.heywoodtown.co.uk/history-of-heywood#!
Heywood's Local History Group. The Olde Queen Anne. 26 Market Place. Heywood. OL10 4NL Tel: 01706 369284 © Heywood Town 2017. Regards anne 

[AureliaSB]

Thanks for the information, do you know if 3 Peel Lane still exists?

A.

[stanmapstone]

This 1891 Town Plan shows the bottom of Peel Lane https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/384923/411060/13/100766 On the 1956 plan you can see the house numbers (which start at 9) https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/384923/411060/13/101329 so numbers 1, 3, & 5, would appear to have been in the houses to the south of the Grange Inn, if that was 7.

Stan

[Raysgirl]

I had a walk down this afternoon, the houses on the right of Peel Lane are odd numbers and number 39 is the last of a terraced row. Then sheltered accommodation was built were the other houses stood. peel lane is mostly Council houses. Bamford Rd Primary School was one of the closest schools to Peel Lane sadly that got pulled down several years ago. Anne

[stanmapstone]

The first house is number 31,and the last number 51, Street View https://goo.gl/maps/SxEX7GCzTrGc16fh7
Numbers 27 and 29 (next to Pleasant View on the  1956 map) have been demolished.
This side by side compares old and new https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=53.5964&lon=-2.2293&layers=168&right=BingHyb
Stan

[AureliaSB]

Thanks to you all for your help on this topic, there's plenty of information that has been provided for me to research about Heywood's history and in particular about the Peel Lane area during the period from the late 1880s/early 1890s when my Grandfather lived at 3 Peel Lane next door but one to the old original Grapes Inn 7 Peel Lane, which was demolished and rebuilt on the opposite side of Peel Lane.

I wonder if someone has some old photos of the original Grapes Inn which could possibly show the houses numbered 1-5 attached to it?

A.