| Administrative History | A National School was built in Chesterfield Road in 1846 to accommodate 232 children. The school was enlarged at various dates in the 19th century to accommodate more children and to make provision for single sex education. In 1920 these Church of England schools, by then in an advanced state of dilapidation, were adopted by the County Council who proceeded to erect new buildings. Financial constraints meant much of this construction work was of a piecemeal nature. Credit for what was achieved was largely given to the one time chair of the County Council's Education Committee, Alderman William Mortimer Wilson, after whom the school was named in the late 1940s. These records were transferred to the Record Office in July 1999. |
| Custodial History | Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1999 |