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Collapse D4092 - New Whittington Endowed School, later Council and Primary School - 1876-2002

D4092 - New Whittington Endowed School, later Council and Primary School - 1876-2002

Expand 1 - Infant School log books - 1876

1 - Infant School log books - 1876

Expand 2 - Mixed School - 1910-1931

2 - Mixed School - 1910-1931

Collapse 3 - Other

1 - Blank clothing club card - 20th cent

2 - Article by Trevor Nurse relating to the first free school in New Whittington, opened by the Thomas Firths company in c1859, and in particular the school bell. The bell was removed from the Firths school site by a subsequent owner of the building, before being returned to the village in 2002 and restored. - 2003

3 - Letter from Trevor Nurse to Mr Pownall, thanking him for accepting custody of the village school bell. The bottom of the letter is illustrated with a laser printed colour photograph of six children in costume, captioned "London Street School Christmas Pantomime". The children's names are also given. - c2006

Expand 4 - Primary admissions - 1934-1983

4 - Primary admissions - 1934-1983

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Strutt family of Belper

Strutt family of Belper

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

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