The Barton Church School & Wilderspin Story Tour

Discover “one of the most important schools in England” with our expert guides.

FREE admission and FREE Tour as part of Heritgae Open Days 2024.

Booking not required.

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Wartime Schooldays

Drop in anytime to the Wartime Classroom and meet the Teacher from the 1940s and learn first-hand what it’s like on the Home Front.  The class is expecting a visit from members of Barton’s First Aid Party, along with their 1940s ambulance.  The Holydyke air raid shelter will also be open to visitors too (also Saturday 6 September).

11am – 12pm & 1pm – 2pm, included in £5 Annual Ticket, children free, booking not required

The Teacher is Abroad in the Land

Saturday 14 September

Ian Wolseley explores the travels, trials and tribulations of Samuel Wilderspin, the itinerant promoter of Infant education as he journeyed by road and sea just as the railway age dawned – making a four-year “stopover” here in Barton to set up his Model School.

2pm.  Free.  Booking advised – available from the Museum in person (Mon – Sat), by phone (01652) 635172, or by email wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com.

Train Up a Child

One hundred and eighty years ago, on the 6^th September 1844, the foundation stone was laid for the Church School on Queen Street as part of a ceremony that must have brought Barton to a standstill.

We’re re-creating that day as part of Heritage Open Days in September.  Free.

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Click here to get involved:   Train Up a Child form v2

Cradle to the Grave

A short, guided tour of Queen Street’s legacy of Victorian public buildings including a look inside the former National & Infant School and Primitive Methodist Chapel.

11am  –  12pm, Free, Booking essential (01652 635172)

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