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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1631
Title	Derbyshire County Council: Amber Valley and Erewash Area Education Office
Date	1877-1987
Description	Including Ilkeston School Board records
Extent	17 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Derbyshire County Council: Amber Valley and Erewash Area Education Office
Administrative History	Ilkeston School Board was formed in July 1878. The following Board schools were built: Granby, Kensington, Chaucer Street, Wesley Street (later Cotmanhay road) and Gladstone. The former British school on Bath Street was also taken over for a while in the early 1890's and later closed. The first volume was formerly used for school attendance committee minutes May 1877 to August 1878.
Custodial History	Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office from the Amber Valley & Erewash Area Education Office in 1976.
Organisation Sub-Type	School Boards/Education Authorities
Related Material	For the final volume of minutes relating to the School Board, which was subsequently used as the first volume of Ilkeston Borough Education Committee minutes, see D1040/C/E.
Acknowledgements	Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project, with the help of MmF