Memorials of John Ford Author:John Ford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1877 Original Publisher: S. Harris Subjects: Quakers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com ... more »where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SECTION III. -- BOOTHAM. The period during which the School -was carried on in Lawrence Street was now drawing to its close. Continued indisposition in the family in 18417 had directed attention to the sanitary condition of the buildings and of the surrounding locality. Previously to this, the visitation of Cholera in 1832 had been gradually forcing on the public mind throughout the country, the importance of good drainage and adequate breathing space for the maintenance of health. The small rooms, low ceilings, and narrow passages of the Lawrence Street premises were felt to be insufficient for the accommodation of so large a family; whilst the proximity of a tract of low, undrained land called the " Foss Islands " -- a name full of reminiscenses to old Scholars -- was in the opinion of many sufficient in itself to condemn the locality. The managing Committee was empowered by the Quarterly Meeting to look out for more eligible premises. The result was the purchase of an estate in Bootham on the North side of the City of York, on which stood a mansion erected by Sir John Johnstone of Hackness near Scarborough. The nett cost including alterations in the buildings and the erection of School Rooms was about £4500, Subsequent additions to the buildings, and purchases of adjoining property have raised the cost price of the Bootham Estate to £8494. towards which by the liberality of Friends, donations were received amounting to £2679. The School was opened in the new Premises in First Month, 1846. 1 mo. 11, 1846 -- The last Sabbath day at Lawrence Street a...« less