To 3 Miles SW from Preston, in the Parliamentary Division of Blackpool
:trtJ'f'tO N. 607 • HUTTON . THIS is a township of dispersed dwellings from 2~ to 3 miles S.W. from Preston, in the parliamentary division of Blackpool, the County Council divisoin of Walton-le-Dale, and in the Union of Preston. It contains 2, 745 statute acres. Rateable value of the township, £6,686. The Parish Council comprises five members. HuTTON GRAMMAR ScuooL which is situated· in this township) was founded 6th Edward VI., by Christopher Walton, of Little Hoole; but in 2nd Elizabeth John vValton, the testator's son, left property to the foundation of the yearly value of £2 12s. Od., and so great has been the increased value of land, that when the Charity Commissioners- issued their report in 1846, its annual value was £850, and .oit has since advanced to upwards of £1,200 per annum, but this has been seriously diminished by expenditure out of capital upon building several elementary schools in the ancient Parish of Penwortham. In 1876 a new scheme for the administration of the school was made by the Charity Commissioners, but it was not carried into effect until1878. Bv it the character of the school has been entirely changed, as no boys are now free, and provision is made for -boarders, who form the majority oi pupils. With a view to this, the Governors spent -a considerable sum of money in altering the buildings so as to adapt them for the purpose, a new wing being added, containing a large dining hall, dormitories for 50 boys, bath-rooms, &c. ; also, in 1885, a large room, 65 feet long and 20 feet wide, was erected to serve the double purpose of a gymnasium and drill hall.
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