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*Letters to the editor of a Bombay Newspaper 1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=h5UoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101 Google Books] | *Letters to the editor of a Bombay Newspaper 1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=h5UoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA101 Google Books] | ||
*Removal of the Military Asylum to [[Poona]] was considered in this 1864 Report [http://books.google.com/books?id=vaQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA91 Google Books] | *Removal of the Military Asylum to [[Poona]] was considered in this 1864 Report [http://books.google.com/books?id=vaQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA91 Google Books] | ||
*With the foundation of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles in 1877, a Cadet Unit was established at the school, refer [http://www.archive.org/stream/firstannualrepor00indi#page/36/mode/2up ''First Annual Report Of The Bombay Volunteer Rifles For Season 1877-78''], page 36 | |||
*Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-10/1255334436 link]. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government. | *Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-10/1255334436 link]. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government. | ||
*David King’s webpage states that in the early 1920’s a decision was made to move the Boarding part of the Schools away from Bombay to the cooler and healthier Deccan Plateau. In 1925 Barnes High School, named after the Venerable Archdeacon George Barnes, founder of the Bombay Education Society, was opened at Devlali. Much of the School land at Bycullah was sold . Christ Church School, Bycullah, with the parish church there, stand on part of the land given originally to the B.E.S. More details are in [http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html David King’s webpage] about Barnes High School, Devlali. | *David King’s webpage states that in the early 1920’s a decision was made to move the Boarding part of the Schools away from Bombay to the cooler and healthier Deccan Plateau. In 1925 Barnes High School, named after the Venerable Archdeacon George Barnes, founder of the Bombay Education Society, was opened at Devlali. Much of the School land at Bycullah was sold . Christ Church School, Bycullah, with the parish church there, stand on part of the land given originally to the B.E.S. More details are in [http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html David King’s webpage] about Barnes High School, Devlali. | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 27 January 2010
Bengal Presidency
Calcutta
Upper Orphan School
- Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.
- Etching of Kidderpore House in 1794 from the British Library's Online Gallery
- Photographic print of Kidderpore House in 1851 from the British Library's Online Gallery
Lower Orphan School
- Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.
- Etching of the Lower Orphan School at Howrah in 1794 from the British Library's Online Gallery
Free School
- Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.
European Female Orphan Asylum
- Maureen Evers, "Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part 1: History," FIBIS Journal No 22 (Autumn 2009), pages 1-14. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals.
Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar
Madras Presidency
Madras city
Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale, near Ootacamund
Bombay Presidency
Bombay
The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor, Within the Government of Bombay, known as the Bombay Education Society was established in 1815. It ran schools for boys and girls, known as the Central Schools.
- Establishment in 1815 Google Books
- November 1816 First Annual report Google Books
- A Military Asylum (Fund?) was established in 1820 to which soldiers subscribed, which provided for the admittance of orphans to the schools, which were later at Bycullah. Google Books
- 1824 Military Regulations Google Books
- Government Allowances were paid for military children when a boarder at the Central Schools of the Bombay Education Society Google Books 1824
- Foundation stones for the Schools at Bycullah were laid in May 1825 Google Books
- The Schools were opened at Bycullah in 1826 Google Books
- 1829 Google Books
- Twenty Fourth Annual Report 1839 Google Books
- Twenty Fifth Annual Report 1840 Google Books History page 7 in the 1840 report.
- Situation c 1853 Google Books
- Situation c 1857 Google Books
- Letters to the editor of a Bombay Newspaper 1859 Google Books
- Removal of the Military Asylum to Poona was considered in this 1864 Report Google Books
- With the foundation of the Bombay Volunteer Rifles in 1877, a Cadet Unit was established at the school, refer First Annual Report Of The Bombay Volunteer Rifles For Season 1877-78, page 36
- Times of India Calendar & Directory for 1888 page 441, transcribed by Sylvia Murphy in this India List link. Note that only one orphan belonged to the Military Asylum, funded by the Government.
- David King’s webpage states that in the early 1920’s a decision was made to move the Boarding part of the Schools away from Bombay to the cooler and healthier Deccan Plateau. In 1925 Barnes High School, named after the Venerable Archdeacon George Barnes, founder of the Bombay Education Society, was opened at Devlali. Much of the School land at Bycullah was sold . Christ Church School, Bycullah, with the parish church there, stand on part of the land given originally to the B.E.S. More details are in David King’s webpage about Barnes High School, Devlali.