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Offline LeGrand

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Burghal Industrial School
« on: Saturday 28 December 24 13:53 GMT (UK) »
Hello everyone and seasons greetings to you all!

I am looking for any information I can find on the Burghal Industrial School, on Forest Row, in Greyfriars in Edinburgh. There is a mention of it in the Children's Homes website (link below) but I can't find any mention of it in the Scottish PO Directories or on any census records.

The website says it was part of the city poorhouse and ceased operation in 1893 but the city poorhouse moved location long before that.

Does anyone have any info on this establishment that they could share at all please?

Many thanks in advance!


https://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/EdinburghBurghalIS/

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 28 December 24 14:08 GMT (UK) »
Daily Review, Edinburgh, 20 Aug 1863

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 29 December 24 10:03 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: hanes teulu on Saturday 28 December 24 14:08 GMT (UK)
Daily Review, Edinburgh, 20 Aug 1863

Nice find, many thanks for your reply, hanes teulu.

Please can you tell me which newspapers site this is from?

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 29 December 24 10:48 GMT (UK) »
It's available at FindMyPast or British Newspaper Archive (BNA).

Info about the school appears rarer than hens' teeth!

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 29 December 24 13:19 GMT (UK) »
Would it be worth asking the Edinburgh City Archives if they have any information about it?
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #5 on: Monday 30 December 24 13:52 GMT (UK) »
2 Forrest Road was the address of the Edinburgh Parochial Board offices whose duties were taken over by the City Council and any records may now be held by the City Archives.


Now the " Hotel du Vin which has uniquely styled bedrooms in a former city asylum".

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 04 January 25 16:42 GMT (UK) »
Thanks everyone for your kind replies, much appreciated.

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Re: Burghal Industrial School
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 04 January 25 17:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Forfarian on Sunday 29 December 24 13:19 GMT (UK)
Would it be worth asking the Edinburgh City Archives if they have any information about it?

Good shout, thanks very much Forfarian. I'll get in touch with them
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