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Actions Displays	Cowgate Subscription School dedication plaque To enquire about this item(s) please contact us museums@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Download mediaDownload as zip file Object numberAKM.1975.339 TitleCowgate Subscription School dedication plaque DescriptionThis stone plaque was previously part of the wall of building across from the Watson Fountain on Cowgate. The text reads: THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM 1808 TILL 1875 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE COWATE SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL AND IN IT THE DONOR OF THE ADJACENT FOUNTAIN, JOHN WATSON OF EARNOCH RECEIVED THE EARLY PART OF HIS EDUCATION. You can read more about the school in an article published in Scottish Local History Issue 121 - Summer 2025 Production date 1893 - 1893 Production period19th Century Object namePlaque MaterialStone

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Object numberAKM.1975.339

TitleCowgate Subscription School dedication plaque

DescriptionThis stone plaque was previously part of the wall of building across from the Watson Fountain on Cowgate. The text reads: THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS HOUSE WAS OCCUPIED AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM 1808 TILL 1875 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE COWATE SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL AND IN IT THE DONOR OF THE ADJACENT FOUNTAIN, JOHN WATSON OF EARNOCH RECEIVED THE EARLY PART OF HIS EDUCATION. *You can read more about the school in an article published in Scottish Local History Issue 121 - Summer 2025*

Production date 1893 - 1893

Production period19th Century

Object namePlaque

MaterialStone