Collection GB 0074 CLC/221 - CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD SCHOOLS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/221

Title

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD SCHOOLS

Date(s)

  • 1712-1892 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

13 production units.

Context area

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. Cripplegate Ward lies at the north of the City and has two parts, 'within' and 'without' the City wall.

The ward school was established in the 18th century, from at least 1712. In 1713 the school admitted girls. The Boys and Girls Schools from their foundation, used hired buildings, chiefly premises in Philip Lane. The school was closed in 1892 and the charitable funds administered by the Aldersgate Ward School.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/221 1712-1892 Collection 13 production units. Cripplegate Within Ward Schools

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. Cripplegate Ward lies at the north of the City and has two parts, 'within' and 'without' the City wall.

The ward school was established in the 18th century, from at least 1712. In 1713 the school admitted girls. The Boys and Girls Schools from their foundation, used hired buildings, chiefly premises in Philip Lane. The school was closed in 1892 and the charitable funds administered by the Aldersgate Ward School.

The records of the Cripplegate Within Ward Schools have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1952 and catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Cripplegate Within Ward Schools records, comprising minutes, attendance registers and log books, a declaration of trust, inspector's reports and deeds.

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

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 Cripplegate Within Ward see CLC/W/HH. For the Aldersgate Ward School see CLC/208.

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 institutions Schools School attendance registers Government Public administration Local government Local government wards Information sources Documents Education records School log books School inspections Educational management Cripplegate Within Ward Schools Cripplegate City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records of the Cripplegate Within Ward Schools have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1952 and catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Cripplegate Within Ward Schools records, comprising minutes, attendance registers and log books, a declaration of trust, inspector's reports and deeds.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

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 Cripplegate Within Ward see CLC/W/HH. For the Aldersgate Ward School see CLC/208.

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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