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D6948 - Messrs W G and J Strutt of Belper, cotton spinners - 1751-1938
- J - Child workforce school records - 1815-1900
  - 6 - Belper Mill School boys attendance certificate books - 1844-1899

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6948/J/6/2
Former Reference	D6948/15/10
Title	Belper Mill School boys attendance certificate book
Date	Jan 1845-Apr 1848
Description	Attendance records signed each week by James Barlow, schoolmaster, to certify that the boys named and employed in W.G.& J. Strutt’s factory at Belper had attended the mill school for the number of hours and time each day as required by the Factory Act of 1844. Includes a column for school wages [fees] entered at the mill with references to folios in wage books and spinning ledger. Causes of absence are noted. Labelled 17 on front cover and inside front cover, later labelled O1/222.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Messrs W G & J Strutt
Archive Creator	English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
Format	Document
Copies	Microfilm version available at Belper Library and Derbyshire Local Studies Library in Matlock
Term	Child labour
	Employees
	Factory workers
	Workers

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site

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