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Cuckney School (formerly a water powered cotton spinning mill)

Cuckney Mill
Cuckney
England

The following article is taken from White's Directory 1853 :- 'Cuckney is a neat, well-built, pleasant village on the Poulter, 5 miles south by south-west of Worksop, and 6 miles north-west of Ollerton, containing 600 souls and 1,095 acres of land. Here are two large mills, for spinning cotton and grinding corn, with the ruins of a cotton mill which was burnt down in 1792, occasioned by the carelessness of a boy taking hot cinders from a grate in a wooden coal-skip and leaving it in one of the upper rooms. The fire was first discovered by the postman, who rode through the village at three o'clock in the morning. He gave an alarm, and every assistance was got as quick as possible, but by eight it was burnt to the ground. The present mill stopped working July 12th 1844, and the machinery has been all sold, and many poor families left destitute. In 1846, the Duke of Portland converted part of the old mill into a National School for boys and girls, which will accommodate 200, average number 120. His Grace is also its principal supporter, George and Mrs M.H. Freeman the master and mistress. In 1840 an infant school was established by Miss Coldom, where upwards of 60 children attend.'

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