John Bright's Last School, Newton

John Bright's Last School, Newton
John Bright's Last School, Newton
John Bright's Last School, Newton
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268260
Reference identifier
ECL20140410031
Title
John Bright's Last School, Newton
Place
Newton in Bowland, Clitheroe
Personal names
John Bright
General notes
John Bright (1811-1889) was a Quaker, British Radical, Liberal statesman and one of the greatest orators of his time. Born in Rochdale he spent the last two years at school in Newton. A Member of Parliament from1843-1889 he formed the Anti- Corn Law movement together with Richard Cobden and achieved their aim of having the Law repealed in 1845.

The building is no longer a school.
Medium
Photographic print
Colour
Monochrome
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