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Sources for Education in Southill

Southill School
Southill Public Elementary School about 1920 [Z1306/106]

  • P72/13/1/1: bastardy bond of Nicholas Day of Southill, schoolmaster: 1638;
  • AD2287: schoolhouse referred to: 1656;
  • P69/13/1: Richard Livett, schoolmaster: 1762;
  • W1/854: letter from nonconformist regarding letting of chapel as a school: 1809;
  • W1/6066-6071: correspondence regarding building of school: 1820-1821;
  • W4062: return to Home Office regarding Southill School (detailed account): 1833;
  • P64/18/9: names of children whose schooling is paid for: 1834;
  • X25/28: "school deserted for the plait trade": c.1839;
  • Z773/4/2: notice issued under Elementary Education Act giving numbers of pupils in each school: 1870;
  • SDSouthill2/1: statement on school: 1880;
  • SDSouthill1/1: logbook: 1880-1895;
  • SDSouthill3/2: duplicate examination schedules: 1880-1894;
  • SDSouthill3/1: inspector's reports: 1881-1895;
  • SDSouthill5/1: agreement for Esther Dilley to act as pupil teacher: 1882;
  • SDSouthill4/1: list of scholars and report on school: 1892;
  • SDSouthill3/4: lists of children examined for certificates of proficiency: 1883, 1894;
  • SDSouthill3/5: annual headmaster's reports to Southill School Committee: 1893-1894;
  • W4040 (page 185): repairs and work at Southill School mentioned in Whitbread Estate improvement ledger: 1890-1895;
  • SDSouthill3/3: drawing examination schedules: 1891-1896;
  • SDSouthill4/1: list of scholars at evening school: 1892;
  • SDSouthill6/1: accounts: 1895-1897;
  • SDSouthill1/2: logbook: 1895-1932;
  • E/SA3/1/2: managers' and inspector's reports: 1903;
  • SMM19: school managers' minutes: 1903-1937;
  • E/TE5/3: details of teachers: 1904-1908;
  • SDSouthill2/2: returns and claims submitted to Education Committee: 1907-1924;
  • E/TE5/2: details of teachers: 1908-1912;
  • E/IN1/1: inspector's reports: 1910-1934;
  • SDSouthill2/3: returns and claims submitted to Education Committee: 1924-1934;
  • CTM17/7a: mortgage: 1927;
  • SDSouthill5/2: reports on teaching staff: 1930-1936;
  • SDSouthill5/3: reports on caretakers and scavengers: 1930-1936;
  • SDSouthill1/3: logbook: 1932-1971;
  • SDSouthill2/4: returns and claims submitted to Education Committee: 1936-1939;
  • CA8/244: building maintenance file: 1965-1975;
  • CA8/299: renewal of swimming pool fencing: 1971;
  • SDSouthill1/4: log book: 1971-1993;
  • CA8/298: school staff toilet file: 1972;
  • PY/PH161/1-3: exterior slides of school: c.1980;
  • E/TE3/4: return of teaching staff: 1981;
  • E/TE3/7: return of teaching staff: 1986;
  • E/MS3/2/3: kitchen and other details: c.1987;
  • CCA22/11-15: papers regarding works to school: 1993;
  • E/Pu4/4/62: prospectus: 1995