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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D6948/J/7/1
Former ReferenceD6948/15/40
TitleBelper Mill School girls attendance certificate book
DateJul 1839-Oct 1841
DescriptionAttendance records signed each week by Anthony Ride, the manager of the school, Phoebe Gregory the schoolmistress, to certify that the girls employed in W.G.& J. Strutt’s factory at Belper have attended the mill school at Belper, Monday to Saturday, either in the morning or afternoon for at least two hours daily. Includes a columns for attendances and absences each week and a column for remarks or causes of absence.
Note at top of front flyleaf "Entered New SChool room Apr 27yh 1840".
Labelled 9 on front cover and front flyleaf, later labelled O1/240 on spine.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorMessrs W G & J Strutt
English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
TermChild labour
Employees
Factory workers
Workers
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site 
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