County Council of Durham Industrial School for Boys

DURHAM COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS , EARLS HOUSE, WITTON GILBERT, DURHAM.

a.k.a.

COUNTY COUNCIL OF DURHAM INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS

Built in 1885 and certified 29th June 1885 for the reception of 150 boys. Closed in 1922

A large structure of red brick. A farm school, which was purpose-built set in about 50 acres and a large garden under careful cultivation, and a detached infirmary.

It became a Tuberculosis Sanatorium, then a Home for the Mentally Defective.

STAFF

1891 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr Murray.

1893 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr Murray.

1901 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr L. Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr W. Murray.

1903 - Superintendent and matron, Mr & Mrs W.J. Goodenough; schoolmaster Mr L. Newton; assistant schoolmaster Mr T. Cahill.

1914 - Superintendent Walter J Goodenough; Schoolmaster Lancelot Newton; Farm Bailiff John Stainsby.