Collection GB 0074 ACC/0134 - COLLEGE OF INFANTS, CLERKENWELL

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0134

Title

COLLEGE OF INFANTS, CLERKENWELL

Date(s)

  • 1686-1687 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The General Nursery or Colledg [sic] of Infants was established by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the workhouse at Clerkenwell "for the Reception and Breeding up of poor... Infants, left to the Parish care ...".

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0134 1686-1687 Collection 0.01 linear metres College of Infants , Clerkenwell

The General Nursery or Colledg [sic] of Infants was established by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the workhouse at Clerkenwell "for the Reception and Breeding up of poor... Infants, left to the Parish care ...".

Records deposited in June 1939.

An Account of the General Nursery or Colledg of Infants set up by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex containing a list of rules and regulations, proposals for education and extracts from orders of Sessions concerning establishment, published 1686.

Also photocopy of the presentment of the Grand Jury for Middlesex approving the work of the General Nursery, with extracts from orders of Sessions concerning refusal of St. Clement's Danes parish to participate in scheme, and general remarks on benefits of such an establishment.

Two items.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

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

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.

June to August 2010. Associations Charitable organisations Charities Social welfare Child welfare Residential child care Information sources Documents Charity records Disadvantaged groups Disadvantaged children Abandoned children Architecture Buildings Workhouses Organizations Children in care Poor relief College of Infants , Clerkenwell Clerkenwell Islington London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in June 1939.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

An Account of the General Nursery or Colledg of Infants set up by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex containing a list of rules and regulations, proposals for education and extracts from orders of Sessions concerning establishment, published 1686.

Also photocopy of the presentment of the Grand Jury for Middlesex approving the work of the General Nursery, with extracts from orders of Sessions concerning refusal of St. Clement's Danes parish to participate in scheme, and general remarks on benefits of such an establishment.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two items.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of copies

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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