Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 15th October 2026

Time: 7.30

Venue: University Library, Hull University, Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX

Description: Samuel Wilderspin was a teacher who believed children learned more if they were happy. From the 1820s he moved to various towns setting up schools. In Barton on Humber he designed his ideal school and garden to enable young children to do well.

How to book: Not Applicable

Price: Visitors £3. University staff and all students, unwaged,- free

Tel: 01482 448065

Fax: Not available

Email: usher@usher.karoo.co.uk

Organiser: Sylvia Usher

Lecturer: Ian Wolesley, Education Lead, Wilderspin School Museum

Comments: Wilderspin's ideas will interest anyone interested in young children's development. The Wilderspin School is now a Museum, and visitors can learn more about Wilderspin's approach, and wonder why we hear about headmasters of 19th century public schools

Region: Yorkshire and Humber

Branch: Hull and East Riding