Description:The National School was built in 1839 and was replaced in 1914 by the nearby Croft Primary School in 1914. The building still exists, the exterior largely unchanged, and in the past has been a Youth Club. The church of St John the Baptist can be seen at the bottom of Church Lane.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.