Sources for Education in Northill

Northill VA Lower School July 2007

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

• P10/1/8: deed of school site: 19th century;
• CRT130Nor23: copy of National Archives enrolment of the deed to the school site: 1851;
• QDC44: trust deed regarding a grant of £20 per annum by John Harvey: 1851
• P10/29/1/1, 7: school rules: c. 1860;
• SDNorthill1/1: logbook: 1863-1916;
• P10/29/1/2: agreement to alter the school: 1869;
• AD3865/32: plans of alterations to the school and master's house: 1869;
• P10/2/5/4: details of contract for building the new school: c. 1869;
• P10/29/1/3-4: receipts, returns, circulars, reports, correspondence, bills, teachers' appointments etc.: 1870-1932;
• Z773/4/1: notice issued under the Elementary Education Act giving numbers in the school: 1870;
• P10/29/1/5: circular from school managers soliciting subscriptions: 1870;
• P10/29/1/6: ratepayers' agreement to pay an extra 1½d. in the pound for the maintenance of the school: 1870;
• P142/29/3: approval of the school under the Elementary Education Act 1870: 1872;
• P142/29/5: statistical return: 1876;
• X758/1/12/43: photograph of the school: 1877;
• PUBWMC 9: School Attendance Committee Minute Book: 1877-1903;
• P10/29/1/7: school rules: 1879;
• P10/25/29: papers regarding the endowment and donations from charities: c. 1879-1950;
• P10/29/1/8: abolition of fees: 1891;
• Z50/84/1: postcard of school: c. 1900;
• SDNorthill2/1: admission register: 1903-1972;
• P10/25/28: school accounts: 1903-1939;
• E/TE5/3: details of teachers: 1904-1908;
• E/TE5/4: details of teachers: 1908-1912;
• E/IN1/1: inspector's reports: 1911-1934;
• P10/29/1/10: bundle of school managers' correspondence: 1911-1931;
• P10/29/1/11: bundle of receipted bills: 1911-1929;
• P10/29/1/9: bundle of annual reports on teachers, caretakers and scavengers at Northill Church of England school, with some Education Committee salary returns on the school: 1912-1929;
• SDNorthill1/2: logbook: 1916-1934;
• X758/1/12/48: postcard of unnamed school group: c. 1920s;
• P10/29/1/12: appointment of Cyril Thomas Saltmarsh as headteacher: 1924;
• P10/28/2: bundle of bills, letters etc.: 1925-1931;
• P10/29/1/14: appointment of Miss F. E. merchant as assistant teacher: 1932;
• SDNorthill1/3: logbook: 1935-1976;
• Z1169/8/51/7: plan of proposed alterations: 1946;
• Z1226/3/15/1-2: photographs of children leaving school carrying parcels from Australia: 1949;
• Z1169/8/51/8: site plan: 1953;
• Z1169/8/51/9-16: plans of proposed alterations: 1953;
• CA2/7: school building file - contract for additional land: 1959-1964;
• Micf 38/20: attendance registers: 1959-1972;
• Z284/5/97: plans: 1966;
• CA8/584: school maintenance file: 1966-1981;
• Z284/3/39: alterations: 1969-1970;
• E/SA1/4/6, 8: discussion regarding which middle school pupils from Northill should attend: 1973-1974;
• E/CU3/9/1: correspondence regarding religious education: 1977-1987;
• PY/PH159/1: photograph of exterior: 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;
• CC/HS3/2/1: correspondence regarding provision of craft design technology tool kit: 1988