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D6948 - Messrs W G and J Strutt of Belper, cotton spinners - 1751-1938
- J - Child workforce school records - 1815-1900
  - 7 - Belper Mill School boys attendance certificate books - 1839-1897

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D6948/J/7/5
Former Reference	D6948/15/26
Title	Belper Mill School girls attendance certificate book
Date	Jul 1853-Mar 1858
Description	Attendance records signed each week by Frances Bowler, schoolmistress, to certify that the girls employed in W.G.& J. Strutt’s factory at Belper have attended the mill school at Belper either in the morning or afternoon. Includes columns for number of attendances and absences each week and the reason for absence is noted. Labelled 69 on second page of entries, later labelled O1/233 on front cover
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Messrs W G & J Strutt
Archive Creator	English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
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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