Bailey's Lane School
History
Bailey's Lane School was a school located near Stamford Hill. The headmaster was Mr H Parsons. It is thought that the school was part of a group of schools in the area that shared the same 'managers'.
A newspaper article from 1894 described the school as a 'temporary iron building', at which four children had died from diphtheria due to unsanitary conditions and a poor water supply at the school. There are also contrasting claims that the children may have died from playing in stagnant water outside of school hours, especially those living near and on Olina Road, behind the school. Many records from the time mention foul water, poor drainage and dead animals on the lane.
It is not known exactly when the school opened, it may have been in 1838.
A newspaper article from 1894 described the school as a 'temporary iron building', at which four children had died from diphtheria due to unsanitary conditions and a poor water supply at the school. There are also contrasting claims that the children may have died from playing in stagnant water outside of school hours, especially those living near and on Olina Road, behind the school. Many records from the time mention foul water, poor drainage and dead animals on the lane.
It is not known exactly when the school opened, it may have been in 1838.
