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Thomas Coton was a philanthropist who endowed in his will one of the first poor schools in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire. Thomas Coton was appointed the High Sheriff of Warwickshire in November 1676.
In 1686, a school in his name was founded. In his will, Thomas Coton had set aside land as an income for rent in a trust, to pay for the upkeep of the building, teachers and school equipment, including bibles. This act ensured that education in the village continued as a trust well into the 1800s and was documented in the Parliamentary review of trusts in 1835.
The original school is now a Grade II listed building and education in the village takes place at
In 1686, a school in his name was founded. In his will, Thomas Coton had set aside land as an income for rent in a trust, to pay for the upkeep of the building, teachers and school equipment, including bibles. This act ensured that education in the village continued as a trust well into the 1800s and was documented in the Parliamentary review of trusts in 1835.
The original school is now a Grade II listed building and education in the village takes place at Kingsbury School, Warwickshire
Kingsbury School is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Its main catchment area is Kingsbury, but students also attend from a number of neighbouring villages, such as Hurley and Whitacre H ...
.
In August 2017, Thomas Coton was recognised through the unveiling of a plaque by Craig Tracey
Craig Paul Tracey (born 21 August 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire since his election in 2015. Originally from the North East, Tracey settled in North Warwicksh ...
, MP for North Warwickshire and Lisa Pinney MBE, Head of the Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...
for the West Midlands. The plaque is located at the footings of Coton Hall, Cotonbridge, the original residence of Thomas Coton. The footings of the Hall had been discovered in 2016 by Bradley Stevens, a student at Kingsbury School, Warwickshire
Kingsbury School is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Its main catchment area is Kingsbury, but students also attend from a number of neighbouring villages, such as Hurley and Whitacre H ...
, following his research into old maps of the Cotonbridge area from the 1850s. The history of the school, Thomas Coton and Coton Hall was documented in a video in 2018.
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