Marsden Adult School

From a document dated 1915 showing the purchase of two cottages which had previously been one house and known as Ready Carr House from John Edward Crowther for £600.

Trustees

Mary ARMITAGE wife of Arthur Armitage of Green Bower, waste merchant

Ellen ASPINALL wife of John Fullerton Aspinall of Inner Hey, Doctor of Medicine

Edith BAGLEY of Rough Lea spinster, Clerk

Merab Anne CROWTHER of Stanley House spinster (48yrs, living with her brother, James B. Crowther, woollen cloth manufacturer)

Alice DEAN of Stonecroft spinster, cloth mender

Kate Adeline Clifton FISHER wife of Charles Harold Fisher of Lingards Wood House, woollen manufacturer

Emmeline KINDER wife of Samuel Whitehead Kinder of Grove Cottages, delver

Louisa NOBLE of Springfield Terrace spinster, weaver

Mary Hannah WILD of Glenroyd widow

Erased Hannah WHITELY wife of Samuel Whiteley of Station Road, tailor

Herbert BEAUMONT of Peel Street, outfitter's assistant

John Joseph GARSIDE of Ottiwells Terrace, weaver

Dan LUNN of Peel Street, butcher Erased Walker METTRICK of Glenroyd, insurance assistant Superintendant

William SHAW of Wharf House, stonemason

James Herman STOTT of Willow Bank, cloth finisher

Harry SYKES of Ottiwells Terrace, warehouseman

Tom UTTLEY of Lane Syke, weaver

Tom WHITELEY of Pinewood House, estate agent

Joseph WILKINSON of Carrs House, joiner

Frank Crowther WILKINSON of Ing Lees, mill manager

Committee

Ellen Aspinall, Alice Dean, Emmeline Kinder, Herbert Beaumont;, James Herman Stott, Harry Sykes, Tom Uttley, Joseph Wilkinson and Edith Bagley +

Martha BRADBURY of Shaw Terrace widow

Louie BRADFORD wife of Fred Bradford of Carts Street, weaver

Elizabeth Ann BROOK of Ottiwells Terrace widow

Emily MARSDEN wife of John William Marsden of Warrington Terrace, power loom tuner

Mary Ann NEWMAN of Carrs Street widow

Sarah Ann PEARSON wife of Jonathan Pearson of Little Holme, lodginghouse keeper

Lily POGSON wife of Joseph Pogson of Warrington Terrace, railway platelayer

Ellen Robertson SHAW of Wharf House spinster Kathleen SHAW wife of William Shaw of Wharfe House, stonemason

Isabella WILKINSON wife of the said Joseph Wilkinson

Fred ALLIS of Planks

Charles CLARKE of Binn

Edward COPLEY of Derby Terrace, weaver

Henry HOYLE of Brougham Road, twister-in

Edward JONES of Grange Avenue, dyer's labourer

Willie LUMB of Colne Crescent, weaver

Norman SCHOFIELD of Green Bower, weaver

James Robertson SHAW of Wharf House, labourer

John Francis TURNER of Sherbrook Cottages, gardener

Hannah WHITELEY wife of Samuel Whiteley of Station Road, tailor.

AIMS

• Promote the study of the Bible frankly, freely, reverently and without prejudice.
• Provide spiritual basis for Christian effort and unity.
• Bring together in helpful comradeship and active service the different classes of society.
• Stimulate and educate public spirit and public morality.
• Teach the meaning and responsibility of citizenship.
• Encourage whatever makes for Brotherhood between men and women of all nations.

12.4.1915

Indenture of Conveyance made between John Edward Crowther and the Trustees for:
"Two dwellinghouses (now converted into an Adult School and Institute and Caretakers House on the south east side of old Manchester Road (formerly in one dwellinghouse and known by the name of Ready Cart) and lately in the occupations of Edward Haigh Taylor and George Robert Taylor and the gardens and buildings thereto belonging and containing an area of one rood and five and three quarter perches."

The buildings could be used by people who, in the opinion of the committee "shall be sober and industrious and of good character ... without regard to their political or religious opinions".

The buildings could be used "to promote temperance and no intoxicating liquors shall be sold or brought into the building". Gambling and betting were also forbidden on the premises.

All Adult Schools were affiliated to the National Council of Adult School Unions and were wholly maintained by voluntary contributions.

Prior to the purchase of Ready Carr the Adult School had occupied smaller premises. The new building allowed more extensive activities. "The Adult School has hitherto held services on Sunday mornings for males and on Sunday afternoons for females and sometimes joint services were held and the former school buildings were used during the week and on some parts of Sundays as an Institute but the newly acquired premises being larger may permit of simultaneous services and uses."

Ready Carr House was subject to a mortgage of £600 from the Huddersfield Equitable Permanent Building Society.

NB Edward Haigh Taylor and George Robert Taylor who had previously lived in the two dwellings created out of Ready Carr House were the sons of Enoch Taylor, Ironfounder who had also lived there himself.

Judi Thorpe March 2005