W1/3679

Rural Dean to Rev Townley Clarkson

20 October 1809

From: 1809 To: 1809

Enclosure to W1/3678. As Mr Whitbread's [Poor Law] Bill implies an entire neglect of education among the poor except in Scotland, the Archbishop of Canterbury is enquiring into the evidence for that, and wishes to know if there are any schools in his parish where the children of the poor are taught to read.

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Whitbread, Samuel II,
Clarkson, Townley,
Canterbury, Archbishop of

Poor Laws, schools