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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Ackworth School
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Description area
Dates of existence
1779 to present
History
Ackworth School is an independent school located in the village of High Ackworth, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school was founded by John Fothergill and others in 1779 as a boarding school for Quaker boys and girls. Prior to the school's foundation, the buildings housed a foundling hospital created by Thomas Coram. For more informations see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackworth_School