Llanrhos school endowed by Frances Mostyn, opened in 1822.
The 1841 census shows the schoolmaster to be a John Jones, a certified schoolmaster. Frances Mostyn, a daughter of Sir Thomas Mostyn who lived at Bodysgallen, was noted for her benevolence and charitable acts; one was the building and endowment (sum of1000 guineas) of a school for boys and girls at Llanrhos. It was to include non-fee paying pupils as well as those who could afford to pay. The school was planned to accommodate 40 boys and 40 girls with a house each for the schoolmaster and schoolmistress. The schoolmaster had to be an ‘Orthodox layman, relative to the Church of England, no Calvinist or Sectary’.
Children from six years to twelve years were to attend and left at twelve ‘to gain a livelihood but to attend school on Saturday and Sunday to keep with their learning’. Frances Mostyn made a further endowment of 1000 guineas in 1842. The school ceased to be used in 1905.
(Photo courtesy of Jason Wayman)