Infants School, Warton - Carnforth, Lancashire UK
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martlakes
N 54° 08.628 W 002° 46.112
30U E 515120 N 5999545
An unusual memorial commemorating peace and future life after the Great War. A plaque records that the building was bought and presented to commemorate the peace and educate the children of Warton.
Waymark Code: WM35DT
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/12/2008
Views: 16
Warton is a small, old village in north Lancashire. It was on the main route north for a long time, and was more important than the small hamlet down the road called Carnforth. With the coming of the railway to Carnforth, that town blossomed and Warton became a quiet backwater - after having exported a huge amount of limestone from Warton Crag.
In the village are two old schools, both now private homes. the infants school has an inscription saying:
"Infant School and Lecture Hall 1864"
This is on the main front wall. Below this is an entrance to the hall with the war memorial plaque on. It reads:
"This building was bought and presented to commemorate peace after the Great War.
1914-1918
For the education of the children of Warton"
E B Wren and E Barton are named at the bottom.
It's not clear why the building needed to be bought since it seems to have started life as an infant school and lecture hall. Maybe the owner needed to sell it and the village wanted to keep it as a school.
An unusual type of war memorial. Maybe they hoped the following generations would do better than they had at keeping the peace, learning from their mistakes.
In 1979 Alan and Margaret Welbank converted the building into a home, and a third inscription at the bottom records this. Today the village has a modern primary school, and the secondary in Carnforth.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: E B Wren and E Barton
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument:
Main Street
Warton
Carnforth, Lancashire UK
LA5 9QU
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