Year: | 1737 | ||
Short description: | 'Circulating schools' started | ||
Medium description: | 'Circulating schools' started by Rev. Griffith Jones, who was vicar of Llanddowror, Wales. On realisng that the current school provision in Wales was insufficient, he established a system of sending peripatetic teachers from parish to parish to teach reading the Bible. The schools were also open to adults and were supported through donations from sympathisers and the SPCK. | ||
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