Knowl Bank County Junior School, Knowl Road, Golcar

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Town School, Knowl Bank [later Knowl Road] was built in 1816. The school was taken over by Golcar School Board and renamed Knowl Bank Board School in 1893. It was enlarged in 1896 and again in 1902. when it became known as Knowl Bank County Primary School. The school closed c1974 when the junior school in Manor Road opened, the building became used as an annexe to Golcar Infants School, Manor Road, c1975 - 1980, the building was then converted into flats. The earliest recorded log book for this school is dated 1875, an extract of the log book and a brief history of the school can be found at WYAS Wakefield, collection reference: WRD5.