Collection GB 0074 CLC/217 - CASTLE BAYNARD WARD SCHOOL

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/217

Title

CASTLE BAYNARD WARD SCHOOL

Date(s)

  • 1753-1835 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 production units.

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council. Castle Baynard Ward is bounded on the north and west by Farringdon Ward Within, on the east by Queenhithe and Bread Street wards, and on the south by the River Thames.

The ward school is believed to have been established in the middle of the 18th century by subscription, and used a school-house on Sermon Lane. In 1875 it merged with the Vintry and Queenhithe Ward Schools, and the combined schools were administered by the National Society. The combined schools continued to use the Sermon Lane premises as the school-house for girls and infants and used the premises in Brickhill Lane, Upper Thames Street, formerly used by Vintry Ward School for boys.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/217 1753-1835 Collection 3 production units. Castle Baynard Ward School

The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council. Castle Baynard Ward is bounded on the north and west by Farringdon Ward Within, on the east by Queenhithe and Bread Street wards, and on the south by the River Thames.

The ward school is believed to have been established in the middle of the 18th century by subscription, and used a school-house on Sermon Lane. In 1875 it merged with the Vintry and Queenhithe Ward Schools, and the combined schools were administered by the National Society. The combined schools continued to use the Sermon Lane premises as the school-house for girls and infants and used the premises in Brickhill Lane, Upper Thames Street, formerly used by Vintry Ward School for boys.

The volumes were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1959. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Castle Baynard Ward School, comprising Trustees minute books.

Three volumes in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See CLC/W/HB for records of Castle Baynard Ward; CLC/W/OA for Vintry Ward and CLC/W/MA for Queenhithe Ward.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. Educational administration Educational institutions Schools Government Public administration Local government Local government wards Castle Baynard Ward School Castle Baynard City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The volumes were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1959. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Castle Baynard Ward School, comprising Trustees minute books.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Three volumes in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See CLC/W/HB for records of Castle Baynard Ward; CLC/W/OA for Vintry Ward and CLC/W/MA for Queenhithe Ward.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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