Ffynnonwen School

Ffynnonwen - meaning White Well.
A well appears on the 1908 map opposite Ffynnonwen Farm - is this what the school was named after?

Wooden ceiling

Wooden cupboard - I think this is the old bookcase?

Some wooden desks still remain

Coathooks in the small porch

The porch

Wooden panelling and old school desk and chair

What are these?

Original floorboards in the small infants room. They have been replaced by new flooring in the main large room

Old original desks

This is now the doorway into the kitchen area - but would at one time have been an external door

High windows in the infant's room

Doorway from kitchen area

Rough wall - which was once external

Original firplace in the little infant's room

The school opened on 8th May 1881 with 50 pupils, but by the end of the month the number had risen to 83.

The peak attendance was in 1899 with 91 on books.

There were 76 pupils in 1901 and 46 in 1905.

In 1881 the summer holidays were from August 20th to assist with the corn harvest.

Up to 1899 there would be no school on January 6th - Old Christmas Day.

Taken from Efailwen to Whitland 1976 - Vol 11

Houses at Ffynnonwen (with old school and schoolhouse on left)
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