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D4822 - Hopwell Hall Special School, Ockbrook - 1946-1986

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4822
Title	Hopwell Hall Special School, Ockbrook
Date	1946-1986
Description	Teaching notes, financial records, other. These records do not include any personal information on the boys taught.
Extent	1 box
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Hopwell Hall Special School, Ockbrook
Administrative History	Hopwell Hall Special School at Ockbrook was first established by Nottinghamshire Education Committee as a residential school for boys requiring special educational treatment in 1921. As part of the boys' education from the 1960s onwards, the subject of Rural Studies was studied, which involved the running and working of a farm unit, the teacher being Mr Ian Gregory.
Custodial History	The records were donated to the Derbyshire Record Office by a former teacher in April 1998.
Arrangement	D4822/1-2 Teachers' notes and files D4822/3-5 Financial records D4822/6 Publications D4822/7 Building plans
Organisation Sub-Type	Schools
Related Material	See D5592 for photographs of the school taken after the fire in 1957-1959. See D5336 for records of the Pares family who owned the hall before it was purchased by Nottinghamshire County Council. See Zsp/3/29 for an undated (perhaps 19th century) illustration of the hall.
Term	Specialist schools
Archivist Note	Catalogued ?1998, NB. Revised to ISAD(G) 24 June 2022, BS.