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| AMELIA SMITH, ELTHAM 1833. |
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AMELIA SMITH worked her fine silk sampler depicting St Johns Church Eltham , now South East London. Probably worked at the school,
Founded in 1814. The first pupils are admitted on the 16th, 76 boys and 61 girls, the first being James Houltum, aged 14, and Elizabeth Stubbing, aged 6. School hours are 9–12 noon and 1–4pm. School costs 1d a week, with many unable to pay, the Vicar often makes up the shortfall from his stipend. By October of 1816, the school has 118 boys and 95 girls. The School Master Mr Bartram is dismissed on the 3rd October for ‘gross misconduct’. He had a child out of wedlock which is deeply frowned upon by the Church at this time. In 1818 Church wardens inspect the school on the 25th July and report ‘children had dirty hands [and] scruffy long hair. The school was noisy and the room not clean.’ The School Master, Mr Davis, is found to be ‘more pert than respectful in his behaviour to the visitors’. In 1830 there were 132 boys and 141 girls in attendance.
Amelia Smith was born to George & Mary Farmers of the town, she married Charles Larmour Curry a pay clark at the Dock yard
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