30th
September
1870
1870
On another visit to the school in 1875 he "seemed to take great interest in School work".
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Francis
Kilvert was a Victorian curate who became famous after his
diaries were first published in the late 1930s. They told of everyday
life among both the wealthy and the poor people of his parishes. He spent
some years at Clyro near Hay, and often stayed at the mansion of Lysdinam
at Newbridge on Wye. |
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30th
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1870 |
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| 30th
September - "The Revd. Mr Kilvert,
Curate of Clyro, visited the School this morning. I examined the different
classes in Scripture, Arithmetic etc. He expressed himself highly pleased
with the answers etc." On another visit to the school in 1875 he "seemed to take great interest in School work". |
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Llanyre
National School around 1905 |
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| The school can be seen in the background in this photograph (left) of Newbridge Horse Fair. These events were once held regularly on the village green. |
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Francis Kilvert would be amazed at having become known around the world for his now famous "Kilvert's Diaries". He struggled to earn enough money in his lifetime and died in Herefordshire in 1879 at the age of only 39, just one month after his wedding. Back to Llandrindod schools menu
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