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The Old Vicarage
Nurse's HillAs we continue down Church Road, we come to a small cottage which was traditionally the home of the Jubilee Nurse, hence the name, Nurse’s Hill. Turn right and we come to Bridge Street. Home ¦ Class Photographs ¦ Dates for Diary ¦ General Interest |Information ¦ Local History ¦ Newsletters ¦ Our Work ¦ Sporting Activities ¦ Useful Links ¦ Web Safety |
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If
we turn left as we come out of St Columba’s Church, we arrive at the Old
Vicarage. This building was probably erected in the 16th century,
but it was renovated extensively in the 1730s by Mr Joseph Espine. In 1872,
Swords Vestry bought back the vicarage, and spent money in improving it. The
house has not been occupied by clergy for some time, and a new house was
built for the rector on the other side of Church Road. There was an
Orphanage for Protestant Boys on Church Road.