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- Balquhidder Public School
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A new school house was first proposed in Balquhidder in 1869 by the Heritors of Balquhidder. This was to replace the old school buildings in the village. Land was offered by David Carnegie to help form a Schoolmaster’s garden in Kirkton farm and Balquhidder Public School opened on the 4th April 1873. The school closed on 31st March 1994.
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Balquhidder
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ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)
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Created 23 May 2016; updated 09 Sep 2020
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For information on the erection of a new school house see:
National Records of Scotland, HR442/1 - Heritors of Balquhidder Minutes, 1837 - 1901.