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D4335 - Lea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School and Dethick, Lea and Holloway School Board - 1862-1991

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4335
Title	Lea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School and Dethick, Lea and Holloway School Board
Date	1862-1991
Description	Includes 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.
Extent	approx. 4 boxes, 1 file
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Lea (formerly Council, formerly, Board) Primary School
Archive Creator	Dethick, Lea and Holloway School Board
Administrative History	Lea 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 History	The 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-Type	School Boards/Education Authorities
Access Conditions	Access restrictions apply to some records in this collection
Related Material	See D7759 for a deed relating to the land on which the school was built.
Acknowledgements	Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by volunteer NGS.
Archivist Note	Updated/Catalogued September 2009, MOS. Revised and updated to include accession of D4335/23 and