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*Photographic print of Kidderpore House in 1851 from the British Library's [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho0000247s2u00034000.html Online Gallery]
*[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=775&s_id=229 Bengal Upper Orphan School 1820-1857] FIBIS.org . Alphabetical List of Orphaned Children of Officers of the Bengal Army, 1820-1857. The data include Dates of Birth, Dates of Admission to and Discharge from the Asylum, Name of father, etc. These were orphans who had returned to Britain and whose guardians had received payment there from the Bengal Military Orphan Society. They were no longer physically in an Asylum, so the date of discharge from the Asylum is rather the date of discharge from the Society, when benefits were finalised..
*An advertisemnt advertisement for a teacher at the Upper Orphan School in 1789 may be seen at [[Calcutta schools c late 1700s#Advertisements for teachers|Calcutta schools c late 1700-Advertisements for teachers]]
====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. "Part II: parents, conditions, prospects" ''FIBIS Journal'' No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 5-14. For details of how to access these articles, see [[FIBIS Journals]].
published on August 9, 1712, in ''The Spectator'', a London newspaper but appearing in this link in a book about English grammar. The sampler ends with the words ”Anne Jennings wrough this sampler by the directions of Mistress Parker School Mistress in the Orphan School near Calcutta in Bengal East Indias”
</ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/samplerstapestry00huisrich#page/34/mode/2up/search/Calcutta ''Samplers & tapestry embroideries''], page 35 by Marcus Bourne Huish 1913 (Archive.org) describes a group of six samplers completed in 1797, also under the supervision of Mistress Parker, with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/samplerstapestry00huisrich#page/n33/mode/2up/search/Calcutta illustration]. These samplers are now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.<ref> ''Stitched in Adversity: Samplers of the Poor''</ref>. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-05/1275031324 post] requests further information.
====Free School====
*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 Archive.org
*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. ==References==<references/>
