Sources for Education in Upper Caldecote

Caldecote Lower School July 2007

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

• CRT130Nor27: brief history of the school;
• P142/29/1-2: trust deed: 1860;
• AD3865/31/1-3: plans of the school and teacher's house: 1860;
• Fac51: plans of the school and additions to it: 1860-1952;
• SDNorthill(Caldecote)1: logbook: 1862-1903;
• P142/28/7: Caldecote archive file: 1865-1874;
• P142/0/1: church services to be held in the school: 1867-1868;
• P10/29/1/4-5: returns and circulars: 1870;
• P10/29/1/6: Signed resolution of the ratepayers of Northill agreeing to pay a rate of 1½d. in the pound for the maintenance of the school: 1870;
• P142/29/4: description of the school: 1874;
• Fac51: programme of entertainment to be given in the schoolroom: late 19th century;
• P142/29/5: statistical return: 1876;
• P142/29/6: notices and leaflets: 1878-1890;
• P10/29/1/7: rules: 1879;
• P142/29/7-8: plans for additions: 1887;
• X758/1/12/7: photograph of a partly named school group: c. 1890;
• P142/29/8: plans for additions to provide capacity for 44 infants: 1891;
• P10/29/1/8: letter regarding the abolition of fees: 1891;
• P10/29/2/1-4: cash book, letters, bills etc.: 1901-1924;
• E/Sa3/1/2: managers' and inspector's reports: 1903;
• SDNorthill(Caldecote)2: logbook: 1904-1925;
• E/TE5/3: details of teachers: 1904-1908;
• P10/29/2/2: accounts for work at the school: 1908-1909;
• E/IN1/1: inspector's reports: 1908-1938;
• P10/20/1/9: school managers' correspondence: 1911-1931;
• P10/29/1/11: receipted bills: 1911-1929;
• P10/29/2/3: bills for work at the school: 1919;
• P10/29/2/4: resignation of Elizabeth Wilson as headmistress: 1924;
• SDNorthill(Caldecote)3: logbook: 1925-1969;
• P142/29/10: specification for renovation and repair: 1930;
• LiV10: correspondence regarding the reopening of the library at the school: 1932;
• P142/29/11: specification for internal renovation: 1936;
• P142/29/12: teachers' superannuation: 1938;
• CA2/99: school building file, with contract for the new school: 1963-1965;
• CA8/427: building maintenance file: 1964-1978;
• E/Sa1/4/1: visit by the Under Secretary of State for Education: 1972;
• P142/29/14: temporary classroom and toilet block: 1975;
• E/TE3/4: return of teaching staff: 1981;
• E/TE3/7: return of teaching staff: 1986;
• E/TE2/2/L/15: school details: 1986;
• SDOldW3/3: children from Old Warden transferred to Caldecote: 1986;
• E/MS3/2/3: kitchen and other details: c. 1987
• E/Pu4/4/98: school prospectus: 1995.