Quarff Primary School
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Quarff Primary School, Shetland, Scotland, was a primary school that provided education for the district around Quarff
from 1879 to 2003.
It was established in 1879 with an advertisement in the Glasgow Herald: "... for Quarff New Public School, a Female Teacher (or ex-Pupil Teacher of either sex), to enter immediately. The school has accommodation for about 40 scholars ..."
The school provided primary education for over 120 years, but was closed in 2003 due to a lack of interest in the position of headmaster. The 17 students at the school were moved to Cunningsburgh
School, where their former headmistress was working. Fortunately, the students were able to stay together in the same school.
The building is now shown as a library on the Ordnance Survey map.
Quarff
Quarff is a small village in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located on the main A970 road, 5 miles south of Shetland's only town, Lerwick...
from 1879 to 2003.
It was established in 1879 with an advertisement in the Glasgow Herald: "... for Quarff New Public School, a Female Teacher (or ex-Pupil Teacher of either sex), to enter immediately. The school has accommodation for about 40 scholars ..."
The school provided primary education for over 120 years, but was closed in 2003 due to a lack of interest in the position of headmaster. The 17 students at the school were moved to Cunningsburgh
Cunningsburgh
Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh , is a hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south south west of Lerwick, about half way between there and Sumburgh Head. The parish was merged with Dunrossness and Sandwick...
School, where their former headmistress was working. Fortunately, the students were able to stay together in the same school.
The building is now shown as a library on the Ordnance Survey map.