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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D728
Title	Eckington School Board
Date	1871-1903
Description	Cash book 1871-1903, Ledger 1900-1903, Mortgage register 1873-1903
Extent	3 volumes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Eckington School Board
Administrative History	Board schools were established after the Education Act of 1870. Boards were empowered to build new schools in areas of poor educational provision or else to absorb existing schools. In 1903, Board Schools became Council Schools. Eckington School Board ran the Central Schools Infants, Girls and Boys (built 1874), Half-way Houses, Mosborough (built 1877), Marsh Lane (built 1873) and Renishaw (built 1873).
Custodial History	These records of Eckington School Board were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in October 1969.
Arrangement	D728/EAA Finance D728/EAZ Property
Organisation Sub-Type	School Boards/Education Authorities
Related Material	See also - D573 for records of Eckington Board, later Council, Schools (Juniors/Mixed) - D2745 Eckington Board School (Infants), later Birk Hill Infant School - D3855 Marsh Lane Board School, later Marsh Lane Primary School - D5817 Renishaw Board School, later Renishaw Primary School
Term	School boards
Archivist Note	Revised 17 September 1998, PE. Revised to ISAD(G) standard 2 June 2025, BS.