What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of :- Burntwood Dame School Existed by 1775. Recorded plaque organisation: Burntwood Chase Heritage Group.
Burntwood Dame School was an early educational institution existing by 1775, providing basic education to young children in the locality, typically under the tutelage of a woman known as a 'dame'. Such schools played a crucial role in the spread of literacy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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