In the early 1720s Gastrell noted, 'No School-house but an old building belong[ing] to [the] Curate. [The] Master teaches to read and write, and has 4li. 10s. out of Lands purchased in Billing, besides 50s. int[erest] of money given by one Sandford, and 50s, p[er] an[num] by Mrs Fazakerley, Notitia Cestrienses, II.ii, 229.