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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D4335
TitleLea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School and Dethick, Lea and Holloway School Board
Date1862-1991
DescriptionIncludes School Board minutes 1888-1897; Managers/Governors minutes 1903-1980; Lea School log books 1862-1970; admission registers 1870-1942; evening continuation school log book, 1907-1935; Finance books; other. Also includes a small number of personal papers of headmaster WJP Burton, including letters from Florence Nightingale 1877-1898.
Extentapprox. 4 boxes, 1 file
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorLea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School
Dethick, Lea and Holloway School Board
Administrative HistoryLea Primary School was erected in 1859 as a mixed public elementary school with a separate Infants department. From 1888 it was administered by Lea, Holloway and Dethick School Board, subsequently becoming a Council school in 1903. The Infants and Junior departments were amalgamated to form a single primary school in 1937.
Custodial HistoryThe records were deposited in the Record Office in April and May 1995 and January 1997. Personal papers of WJP Burton, headmaster, were donated by a descendant in August 2021.
Organisation Sub-TypeSchool Boards/Education Authorities
Access ConditionsAccess restrictions apply to some records in this collection
Related MaterialSee D7759 for a deed relating to the land on which the school was built.
AcknowledgementsAdded to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by volunteer NGS.
Archivist NoteUpdated/Catalogued September 2009, MOS. Revised and updated to include accession of D4335/23 and

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Lea; Lea Primary School; School
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Dethick 
Dethick, Lea and Holloway 
Lea 
Holloway 
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