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This lovely little former village school with the schoolmaster's house attached is opposite the village green in Orlingbury. Dating from the mid-1800s, and possibly by the same architect as the nearby church, this Grade II-listed building is now a private residence.

Schools from this era would have had just the one classroom and one teacher, with all different age groups mixed in together. Yet most pupils learnt to read and write very well and were able to do basic arithmetic having learnt their times tables. They would have probably left school at the age of 14, if not younger.