Eggar's School

Eggar's School, Alton
school
parish:
county:
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Alton
Hampshire
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founded by John Eggar of Montgomeries, Crondall, Hampshire, 1641; its Act of Parliament is said to be the last public document signed by Charles I
refce: JandMN

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXV.7

description
The place is described in text Cox 1738 (perhaps)
- school - Alton parish: - Hampshire
refce: Cox 1738
AL'on, where is a School for forty Boys and twenty Girls, who are taught to read, write, and cast Accompt, and the Girls learn also to sew, knit, &c.

old map
Free Schole
Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- school - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.51)
(OG51SU74.jpg)

Eggar's Grammar School
- school - Alton parish: - Hampshire
refce: Davey, C R (ed):: Education in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Hampshire Archivists Group
an Act of Parliament of 1641 confirmed the foundation of the school by John Eggar of Crondall



   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001