Timberscombe School
Old School House, Timberscombe
Richard Elsworthy or Ellsworth of Bickham in Timberscombe left £200 in 1714 to build a charity school and library.
Unfortunately it was nearly a century before his wishes were at least partly fulfilled.
However, despite much litigation, scandal and financial difficulty the endowed school survived for nearly a century educating hundreds of local children until it was transferred to the local authority. The school survives today at the heart of the village.
Content derived from research undertaken as part of the Victoria County History project
