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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D4822
TitleHopwell Hall Special School, Ockbrook
Date1946-1986
DescriptionTeaching notes, financial records, other. These records do not include any personal information on the boys taught.
Extent1 box
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorHopwell Hall Special School, Ockbrook
Administrative HistoryHopwell Hall Special School at Ockbrook was first established by Nottinghamshire Education Committee as a residential school for boys requiring special educational treatment in 1921. As part of the boys' education from the 1960s onwards, the subject of Rural Studies was studied, which involved the running and working of a farm unit, the teacher being Mr Ian Gregory.
Custodial HistoryThe records were donated to the Derbyshire Record Office by a former teacher in April 1998.
ArrangementD4822/1-2 Teachers' notes and files
D4822/3-5 Financial records
D4822/6 Publications
D4822/7 Building plans
Organisation Sub-TypeSchools
Access CategoryCLOSED
Closed Until01/01/2081
Access ConditionsThis record is closed for 94 years from the date of the last record, because they contain data relating to living individuals. See ‘Data subjects in archives privacy notice’ (link below) for further information.
Privacy NoticeData Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
Related MaterialSee D5592 for photographs of the school taken after the fire in 1957-1959.

See D5336 for records of the Pares family who owned the hall before it was purchased by Nottinghamshire County Council. See Zsp/3/29 for an undated (perhaps 19th century) illustration of the hall.
TermSpecialist schools
Archivist NoteCatalogued ?1998, NB.
Revised to ISAD(G) 24 June 2022, BS.

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Related Names
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Hopwell; Hopwell Hall Boys School; 1913-Mar 1995; special educational needs school (residential)
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Place (click for further details)Type
Ockbrook 
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