Sources for Education in Roxton

Roxton Lower School March 2007

Note: some records may not be accessed due to the personal nature of the information which they contain

• Nineteenth Century Voluntary Education Exemplified by Roxton National School, Bedfordshire by R. Steen;
• CRT130Rox1: account of Roxton Schools: 1847-1916;
• SDRoxton4/1: conveyance of the site: 1859;
• P28/29/1-11: plans, letters, accounts, orders etc.: 1859-1918;
• AD3865/37:plans: c. 1860;
• SDRoxton1/1: logbook: 1863-1916;
• SDRoxton5/1-3: plans by James Horsford: 1870;
• P23/29/7: tenders for enlargement: 1871;
• Fac122: admission register: 1877-1928;
• SDRoxton5/2/1-2: plans of alterations: 1895;
• E/SA3/1/2: managers' and inspector's reports: 1903;
• E/TE5/3: details of teachers: 1904-1908;
• SDRoxton2/1: cash book: 1905-1951;
• SDRoxton3/1: punishment book: 1905-1951;
• E/TE5/4: details of teachers: 1908-1912;
• E/IN1/1: inspector's reports: 1910-1938;
• SDRoxton5/3: balance sheet for school repairs: 1914-1915;
• SDRoxton1/2: logbook: 1916-1973;
• SDRoxton6/1: photocopied newspaper article on plans for the school: 1946;
• CA8/488: building maintenance file: 1947-1981;
• SDRoxton6/2: inspector's report: 1955;
• CA2/102: school building file: 1960-1963;
• SDRoxton5/4: order of service for dedication of the new school: 1963;
• SDRoxton6/3: newspaper article on swimming at the school: 1967;
• E/SA1/4/8: attendance of Wyboston children at the school: 1976;
• X390/57: tape recorded reminiscences of former teacher: c. 1978;
• PCRoxton26/1: general correspondence: 1979;
• E/TE3/4: return of teaching staff: 1981;
• E/TE3/7: return of teaching staff: 1986;
• E/MS3/2/1: kitchen and other details: c. 1987;
• CC/HS3/2/1: memorandum regarding the dangerous design of the playground: 1988;
• E/ME4/2/2: notes of the approach to multicultural education: 1988-1989