TRING
Prospect House School
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View of Tring taken in 1897 showing Prospect House (with the large kitchen garden) with the newly built Louisa Cottages and the Museum to the right. Prospect House was demolished a few years later and the site restored to farm/park. From Tring: A Pictorial History |
In 1998 Derrick Young, of South Africa wrote to me asking for information:
My great great grandfather, Mark Young (1808-1882) was born, lived and died in Tring. His wife was Sarah Ann nee FOSTER but I don't know when she died. His grandson Arthur came to South Africa in about 1890, where I now live, which makes direct access to parish registers, etc., impossible. Mark was a school master living at Prospect House on the south side of Park Road (demolished by the Rothschilds in about 1895), and later moved Bell Vue Villa, Park Road, where he died.
This is an updated version of the information I provided in correspondence.
In 1839 Mark Young is listed as running a day school at Prospect Place.
The 1851 census gives Mark Young (42, schoolmaster of Prospect House), his wife (Sarah Ann, 41) and three children Edward F, 17; George, 13; and Ann F, 3, all being born at Tring. There were three boarders, Matthew Fulks (15, born Wigginton); John B Taylor (13, London) and Edward Harrington (11, London).
The 1861 census showed a significant increase in the number of boarders:
Henry BURGE, 14, Luton, Beds
Thomas FARRIN, 12, Islington, Middlesex
John HAWKINS, 12, Hemel Hempstead, Herts
William GRAHAM, 12, Bishop's Stortford, Herts
Alexander GRIFFIN, 7, Beddington, Surrey
William GRIFFIN, 11, Tring, Herts
Edwin GUTTERIDGE, 12, Lilley, Herts
Charles HANDFORD, 9, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
William LAWRENCE, 12, Datchworth, Herts
Harry PADLEY, 12, Portland Place, London
Tom SPICER, 12, Studham, Herts
John B WELCH, 9, Bermondsey, Surrey
John WRIGHT, 8, St John's Wood, London.
At the time of the 1871 census he had three assistant teachers, William Charles Maull, Joseph Braim, and John E Bennett, together with three domestic servants, and 46 pupils.
By the time of the 1881 census Mark Young had moved to Bellevue Villa, Park Road, and Charles William Maull was the school master at Prospect House. There were 44 pupils listed. In 1891 William C Maull was still at the school but there were only 12 boarders. He was still there in 1901, and is listed as a school master - but there are no borders listed. He is listed as running a boarding school in Park Road in the 1899 Kelly's Directory - but is absent form the 1902 directory.
Prospect House is known to have been demolished about 1900.
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