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Education for ordinary children was transformed during Queen Victoria's reign. At the start in 1837 very little was done, yet when the Queen died in 1901 elementary education for all was free, compulsory and of impressively good quality. These improvements brought with them a splendid variety of new school buildings, from tiny one-room village schools to the great red-brick edifices of the Swindon school board. Most have survived to the present day, a fine legacy. This book traces the stories of education and of school design during this period, and provides a comprehensive gazetteer of Victorian elementary schools in Wiltshire, illustrated by more than 350 photographs, many of them historical. Published by Hobnob Press for the Wiltshire Buildings Record. November 2026, vi, 364 pages, profusely illustrated in colour, paperback, £20.00, ISBN 978-1-914803-12-1.
Education for ordinary children was transformed during Queen Victoria's reign. At the start in 1837 very little was done, yet when the Queen died in 1901 elementary education for all was free, compulsory and of impressively good quality. These improvements brought with them a splendid variety of new school buildings, from tiny one-room village schools to the great red-brick edifices of the Swindon school board. Most have survived to the present day, a fine legacy. This book traces the stories of education and of school design during this period, and provides a comprehensive gazetteer of Victorian elementary schools in Wiltshire, illustrated by more than 350 photographs, many of them historical. Published by Hobnob Press for the Wiltshire Buildings Record. November 2026, vi, 364 pages, profusely illustrated in colour, paperback, £20.00, ISBN 978-1-914803-12-1.