Killamarsh Endowed School
KILLAMARSH SCHOOL—Robert Turie, by will, 1720, gave his house and close, called Six lands, in Killamarsh, on trust, to apply the profits thereof to instruct six poor children, the premises are let for £7 10s. per annum. John Kaye, 1531, gave a messuage for a school-house, which is now used as a school, and kept in repair by the parish. Sarah Pole, in 1747, gave £30 to buy books and teach three poor children to read, at the Free-school. Phillis Butcher, 1746, gave £30, the interest to pay for four poor children learning to read and write. Margaret and Mary Pole, 1753 granted a messuage and several pieces of land, on trust, for the benefit of the school; one piece was sold to the Chesterfield Canal Company for £60, which with £30 from Sarah Pole’s gift was placed in the hands of John Billham, who became insolvent about 1796, afterwards the sum of £68 4s. 3d. was received as dividends, and £56 was placed in the hands of Sir George Sitwell, at 5 per cent. The income of the school amounts to £29, part of which is paid to a schoolmaster, who instructs 25 poor children, and the remainder goes for the reparation of four cottages.
