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D7977
Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D7977/UL
Title
Derbyshire County Council Children's Home: The Old Post House
Date
1994-2016
Description
Children's home records including the following:
Financial records including bank statements 2004-2014 and invoices and payment vouchers 2013-2015; Care records for a named child 2015-2016; Household records including communications books 2012-2015, log books 2012-2015, complaints register 1994-2010, staff timesheets 2005-2006 and shift planning records 2014-2015; Human resources records 2004-2015
Extent
6 boxes
Level
Fonds
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Derbyshire County Council Children's Home: The Old Post House
Administrative History
The Old Post House
Owner: Derbyshire County Council
Area: North East Derbyshire
Opened: February 1993. Still open as at July 2016.
History: The home was originally known as Top Road family centre. It is a large detached house on a busy main road in and out of Chesterfield, opposite the current post office. Its name was changed from Top Road to The Old Post Office on 1 April 2013.
Units: None. Open house.
Clientele: Accommodates 4 children aged 11-17 for medium to long term care, male and female.
Custodial History
These records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in August 2016.
Organisation Sub-Type
County council
Access Conditions
Not normally available for public consultation
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Derbyshire; Derbyshire County Council; 1889-; Local authority
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Type
Calow
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