Collection GB 0074 CLC/215-13 - CORNHILL AND LIME STREET WARDS SCHOOLS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/215-13

Title

CORNHILL AND LIME STREET WARDS SCHOOLS

Date(s)

  • 1708-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

30 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School was established in 1711 and minutes of the committee of management survive from then. Admissions of children are recorded in the minutes from 1738.

Langbourn Ward School was founded in 1702 and on the expiration of the lease of its schoolhouse in 1874 was united with Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School.

The united school was conducted at the Cornhill and Lime Street schoolhouse in St Mary Axe until its amalgamation with the Cass School.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/215-13 1708-1903 Collection 30 production units. Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School

Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School was established in 1711 and minutes of the committee of management survive from then. Admissions of children are recorded in the minutes from 1738.

Langbourn Ward School was founded in 1702 and on the expiration of the lease of its schoolhouse in 1874 was united with Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School.

The united school was conducted at the Cornhill and Lime Street schoolhouse in St Mary Axe until its amalgamation with the Cass School.

The archive was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Sir John Cass's Foundation in 1995 (apart from Ms 19627-8). The Cornhill and Lime Street treasurer's journal for 1775-1818 was deposited privately in 1962 and was previously catalogued as Ms 10951. The records were catalogued by a member of the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School, comprising minutes of the Committee of Management; treasurer's journals; financial accounts and roll commemorating laying of first stone of the new school building (1846).

CLC/215/MS31177 to MS31183.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

For the records of Cornhill Ward see CLC/W/HF; for Lime Street Ward see CLC/W/KB. See also CLC/215-14 for the Cornhill, Lime Street and Langbourn Wards School.

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. Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School Educational management Educational institutions Schools Charity schools Government Public administration Local government Local government wards Information sources Documents Education records School admission registers Sir John Cass's Foundation , Sir John Cass Junior School Lime Street City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Cornhill

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The archive was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Sir John Cass's Foundation in 1995 (apart from Ms 19627-8). The Cornhill and Lime Street treasurer's journal for 1775-1818 was deposited privately in 1962 and was previously catalogued as Ms 10951. The records were catalogued by a member of the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Cornhill and Lime Street Wards School, comprising minutes of the Committee of Management; treasurer's journals; financial accounts and roll commemorating laying of first stone of the new school building (1846).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

CLC/215/MS31177 to MS31183.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For the records of Cornhill Ward see CLC/W/HF; for Lime Street Ward see CLC/W/KB. See also CLC/215-14 for the Cornhill, Lime Street and Langbourn Wards School.

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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Language(s)

  • English

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