Schools - Langholm 1915

Langholm had an ‘infant school’ (ages … to seven) and an ‘academy’ (ages eight to fifteen). For subsequent education, children would typically go to Dumfries.

^{Langholm Infant School, later converted into a library, then a day centre}

Langholm Academy had Classes I to VI, a Supplementary Class and a Higher Grade. The one storey building at the front in the photo below was built in 1854 and the two storey building behind was added in 1894.

In February 1915, there were a total of 479 pupils enrolled in the Infant School and Academy.

Both schools were under the control of the Langholm School Board. The President was Arthur Bell, woollen manufacturer. Other board members were Thomas Moses, tweed designer; James Harkness, retired coal agent; … Maxwell, ?; and Robert Ramage, painter.