The following is a list of the achievements of my grandfather, John James Newport; from when he first started teaching until his death in a fatal road accident, in Hooe, in 1946.
It's not complete because I intend to add those certificates that he was awarded at school - at least as far as I have been able to glean. There are others, I am sure, but more "digging" will be necessary and, if anybody should know of any, I would be pleased to hear.
Assistant Master: -
New College, Cliftonville, Margate 1888-1889
Newport National Schools, I. of W. 1890
St. John's School, Paddington, W. 1890-1891
St. Luke's School, Kilburn 1891-1893
Head Teacher: -
Pentridge School, Dorsetshire 1893-1895
Hooe C. E. School, Battle, Sussex 1895-1920
Retired from teaching in 1920
"On Supply", London C. C. Education Committee 1920-1922
ATTAINMENTS: -
Board of Education Certificate
Teacher's Drawing Certificate
Royal Horticultural Society - School Teacher's
Gardening Certificate (1st. Class)
OTHERS: -
Sunday School Teacher at St. Cuthbert's, Brondesbury - between 1885 and 1888(?)
Positions held at Hooe, East Sussex: -
Note. The dates given are, mainly, when a reference has been found (in minutes of meetings, newspapers, and similar documents) to the position he held and are not the dates when the appointment was made.
Hon. Sec. of the Parochial Church Council - Feb. 1935
Clerk of the Parochial Church Council - 1928
Representative to the Ruri-Decanal Council - May 1935
Chairman of the Election Committee - 1896-1946
Secretary of the Flower Show – 1928-1933
Parish Salvage Organiser - 1940s (during the war)
Parish Billeting Officer – 1940s (during the war)
Head Warden (ARP) – (appointed February 1938)
Secretary of the Hospitals Committee – 1936
Clerk to the Parish Council – 1936
Conductor of the Hooe Choral Society and sometime Secretary
Hon. Sec to the Ninfield & Hooe Surgical Aid Fund
Positions held at Ninfield, East Sussex: -
Note. Again, the dates are, mainly, given where a reference has been found (in minutes of meetings, newspapers, and similar documents) to the position he held and are not. necessarily, the dates when the appointment was made.
Churchwarden - 1945
Secretary to Ninfield Church Council – 1936
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee – 1936
ITEMS PUBLISHED: -
1) "An Illustrated Historical and Descriptive Account of Hooe Church, Sussex."
| 1st Edition - 1898 (Hand-written) | |
| 2nd Edition - 1899 | |
| 3rd Edition* - 1987 - (Published by my uncle, Donald Herbert Newport) |
* - This has been produced from "an updated and incomplete draft of a third edition" written by my grandfather, which came into my uncle's possession.
At the end of the original first edition my grandfather has added the following.
"PLEASE NOTE"
"The foregoing pages are the result of reading and thought in a few weeks' holiday. Curiosity roused by a simple unsatisfied question led the author to devote many hours to archaeology, topography, and architecture. He realises his inability to grasp what time has snatched away. The charm of his subject and the encouraging interest and help of friends have caused him to do a little, which he trusts may be blessed to do much good."
PRO DEO ET PATRIA,
J.J.N.
Caritas Villa, Hooe - October 1st.1898"
2) "Records of Hooe, Battle, Sussex"
My grandfather, in 1936, produced the draft of a small book he had been working on, since 1898. The book was simply entitled "The Records of Hooe" and was, basically, the history of the village, from Domesday up to the, then, present time, using the many parish records to which he had access. For comment, he passed the draft copy to another person in the village and the draft was mislaid, and thought to be lost. Many years later parts of it came to light and the story was put together from those pieces and privately published, in 1989.
3) "Pruning Notes" - (published 1935)
4) "Notes on Ninfield Parish Church, Sussex" - (published 1935)
5) "What is the Gospel?" - (published 1936)
6) "The Order of Confirmation" - (published 1942)
7) "The Glorious Gospel of Christ's High Priesthood" - (no date)
8) "Christian & Hebrew Sacrifices of Thanksgiving" – (published January 1938 by the "Protestant Truth Society")
