This website accompanies Bertuna’s Children: The History of Education in a Suffolk Village written by Sue Spiller and published by Arena Books on 17th January 2017.
Bertuna’s Children traces the journey of Great Barton School from its Victorian beginnings to its present status as an academy, and describes its evolution in response to political, economic, social and local circumstances. The narrative interweaves the challenges faced by each head teacher and Board of Managers / Governors, against a backdrop of social and educational reforms since the early nineteenth century.
This website is a supplement to the book.
It is also a family history resource for people whose ancestors lived in Great Barton during the nineteenth century. Material is based on my own research using http://www.ancestry.com and http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk and on the extensive knowledge of Frank Holmes, the village historian of Great Barton.
The website includes :-
- a brief description of the author;The author
- details of Bertuna’s Children;Details of Bertuna’s Children
- reviews of Bertuna’s Children;Reviews
- a timeline of Bertuna’s Children and of the history of education;Timeline
- abbreviations used in Bertuna’s Children;Abbreviations
- a list of archived documents relating to Great Barton School held at Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds;Archived documents
- some details of the lives of those who were eligible to attend Great Barton School in 1851;Female scholars in 1851
- some details of the lives of those who were eligible to attend Great Barton School in 1881;
- life histories of members of some of the many interesting families who lived in Great Barton during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;Great Barton families
- poems about the school.School related poems
It is a work in progress and new pages are added regularly. The author welcomes suggestions for ideas for further relevant pages.
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