A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1992.
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A P Baggs, M C Siraut, 'Durleigh: Education', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes), ed. R W Dunning, C R Elrington( London, 1992), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/p35a [accessed 22 December 2024].
A P Baggs, M C Siraut, 'Durleigh: Education', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). Edited by R W Dunning, C R Elrington( London, 1992), British History Online, accessed December 22, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/p35a.
A P Baggs, M C Siraut. "Durleigh: Education". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). Ed. R W Dunning, C R Elrington(London, 1992), , British History Online. Web. 22 December 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/p35a.
EDUCATION.
There was a Sunday school with 20 children in 1819. (fn. 1) In 1846 there was a day school with 22 and a Sunday school with 5 children. (fn. 2) Between 1861 and 1883 a Sunday school was held in a house near the church. (fn. 3) An infant school was recorded in 1889 but in 1894 children were said to attend schools in Bridgwater. (fn. 4)