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Dispute between Rector of Ampthill and A.H. Wingfield regarding use of Ampthill Church of England School Room, the Rector wishing to prevent its use by Boy Scouts and Girl Guides including material as follows:

1844 - 1928

From: 1844 To: 1928

- Copy Deed of Gift from Francis Duke of Bedford to Reverend Charles Ward Rector of Maulden, and Reverend Henry Ralph Smythe, Rector of Millbrook, of 1,477 square yards on the west side of the Turnpike Road from Ampthill to Bedford occupied, inter alia, by Robert Furze the Younger as a site for a school for the poor of Ampthill, Maulden and Millbrook to be in union with the National Society [5 July 1844]; - Conveyance from Francis Duke of Bedford to George Maule, Rector of Ampthill and Isaac Crick and John Bartram, Church Wardens of Ampthill, of 2,500 square feet of land on the western boundary of the land conveyed by a Deed of Gift in 1844, to erect a school for the poor children of Ampthill to be in Union with the National Society (including a plan showing the infant school and plaiting room) and allowing use as a Sunday School; also includes detailed instructions on the selection of the Management Committee and the settlement of disputes [11 December 1851]. - Case for the Opinion of Counsel regarding the powers of the managers over the disused Ampthill Church School buildings [1924]; - Opinion of Counsel regarding the powers of the managers over the disused Ampthill Church School Buildings and use by Boy Scouts and Girl Guides [1924]; - Opinion of Clerk to Bedfordshire County Council regarding the use of the building formerly part of Ampthill Public Elementary Girls School with correspondence [1927]; - Summary history of Ampthill Church of England School Church Room and the role of the managers [16 April 1928]; - Considerable correspondence regarding the dispute [1924-1928]; - Ground plan and elevations of proposed improvements to Ampthill Church of England School [June 1914].

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Wingfield, A.H.,
Duke of Bedford,
Russell, Francis,
Ward, Charles,
Smythe, Henry Ralph,
Furze, Robert,
National Society,
Maule, George,
Crick, Isaac,
Bartram, John,
Bedfordshire County Council

EDUCATION, schools, health administration, education buildings, buildings and land use, Ampthill Church of England School, AMPTHILL, Rector, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, DEEDS, clergy, MAULDEN, MILLBROOK, POVERTY, churchwardens, building plans, infant schools, Sunday Schools, school managers, arbitrations, legal opinion, Clerk to Bedfordshire County Council, legal correspondence, general correspondence, Ampthill Public Elementary Girls School, HISTORY, site layout plans, elevations, building work