Hello all,
John Pain/Payne b.c.1790, Newent and Mary Morgan b.c.1796, Newent were my 4 x great grandparents. Their daughter Eliza was a schoolmistress for James Eldridge at Pauntley, where he 'wronged' her and she had a child Henry James Payne b.1852, Ruardean. Mother and child soon moved to Clun, Shropshire where she died.
I would love to know anything more about John and Mary (especially seeing in this message board that there is a Morgan Society!)and also the school.
Any help is very much appreciated, as I am stuck on this heritage and also stuck on the other side of the country!

http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcots/pauntley51.html

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ELDRIDGE James 35 School Master Sussex Seolescomb ?
Charlotte 37 School Mistress Sussex Gare ?
Frances 14 Scholar West Field Sussex
Louisa 9 Scholar Pauntley
James 7 Scholar Pauntley
Emma 5 Scholar Pauntley
Henry Oswald 3 Pauntley
PAYNE Eliza Assistant 24 School Mistress Newent

Yes - this is the right Eliza. The placenames queried are Seddlescombe and Orr. I know Eldridge went on having children, 10 with Charlotte and apparently helped financially with Henry James. Certain members of the family knew of him, some not.

This is the GFHS 1851 Census transcript:

1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE James HD M 36 School Master SSX Sedlescomb [Sedlescombe]
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE Charlotte WI M 37 School Mistress SSX Oare [Ore]
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE Frances DA U 14 Scholar SSX Westfield
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE Louisa DA U 7 Scholar GLS Pauntley
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE James SO U 7 Scholar GLS Pauntley
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE Emma DA U 5 Scholar GLS Pauntley
1960 0254 007 Paeford School ELDRIDGE Henry Oswald SO U 3 Scholar GLS Pauntley
1960 0254 007 Paeford School PAYNE Eliza AS U 20 School Mistress GLS Newent

Mike

1841: HO107/350/10
Registration district: Newent
Sub-registration district: Newent
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Folio: 16
Page: 10

John Pain abt 1791 Gloucestershire, England Newent Gloucestershire
Mary Pain abt 1801 Gloucestershire, England Newent Gloucestershire
Eliza Pain abt 1827 Gloucestershire, England Newent Gloucestershire

Thanks. Paeford School - any ideas was it private or public?

I have noticed other Pains in the area - is it a local name?

Yes there is a cluster of PAIN / PAYNE etc in the Newent - > Huntley area

Now its written as Payford (as in Payford Bridge, Payford Mill ), rather than the way its recorded in 1851 census.

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
Co-ords 374435,229328

This maybe the same building, although the local Directory for 1870's suggests a new school at Pool Hill.

The Old School House, Payford, Redmarley,GLOUCESTER. UK. GL19 3HY.

Its situated near Pauntley Court - home of Dick Whittington- looks like the school was supported by the landed gent at the Court.

The Education Act 1870 being one of the key pieces of legislation in school reform, so I guess this was a private rather than state school , but not in the sense of an Eton or Harrow :-)

Thankyou - I will have a look. When I put in a Google search I wondered why nothing useful came up. And I had no idea about the Dick Whittington stuff!