Collection ACC/3531 - LONDON SCHOOLS EVACUATED TO CRANLEIGH

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Reference code

ACC/3531

Title

LONDON SCHOOLS EVACUATED TO CRANLEIGH

Date(s)

  • 1939-1943 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The log book was kept by Mr Austin Brewer, headmaster of Shillington Street Boys' School, Clapham Junction, while the school was evacuated to Cranleigh, Surrey from September 1939 to August 1943. There is only one entry in the log book before May 1940 when it records that Allfarthing Lane, Shillington Street, Swaffield Road and Waldron Road Schools combined under Mr Brewer. In July 1940 Saint Peter's Church of England School, Wapping arrived in Cranleigh, having been re-evacuated from Brighton, but their children did not combine with the children from the other London Schools until May 1941. By May 1943 the number of pupils was falling. Mr Brewer decided to retire and the London school children combined with the local Church of England School.

Archival history

ACC/3531 1939-1943 Collection 0.16 linear metres Shillington Street Boys' School , Clapham Junction

The log book was kept by Mr Austin Brewer, headmaster of Shillington Street Boys' School, Clapham Junction, while the school was evacuated to Cranleigh, Surrey from September 1939 to August 1943. There is only one entry in the log book before May 1940 when it records that Allfarthing Lane, Shillington Street, Swaffield Road and Waldron Road Schools combined under Mr Brewer. In July 1940 Saint Peter's Church of England School, Wapping arrived in Cranleigh, having been re-evacuated from Brighton, but their children did not combine with the children from the other London Schools until May 1941. By May 1943 the number of pupils was falling. Mr Brewer decided to retire and the London school children combined with the local Church of England School.

This log book was given to Surrey Local Studies Library in 1989 by Mr Brewer's daughter and transferred to the Greater London Record Office (now the London Metropolitan Archive) in 1995 (Acc/3531).

Log book kept by Austin Brewer, headmaster of Shillington Street Boys School, while school was evacuated to Cranleigh, including newspaper cuttings and leaflets regarding local events, 1939-1943.

One volume.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

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For log books and diaries kept by other London schools during their wartime evacuation see LCC/EO/WAR/5/1-25. For log books of Shillington Street School, renamed Shillington School in 1951, see LCC/EO/DIV9/SHI/LB/1-5. For admission and discharge registers 1874-1938 and 1948-1979 see LCC/EO/DIV9/SHI/A + D/1-6.

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. April to June 2009 Swaffield Road School , Clapham Allfarthing Lane School , Clapham Shillington Street Boys' School , Clapham Junction Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Educational institutions Schools Migration Evacuation Information sources Documents Education records School log books Waldron Road School , Clapham St Peter's Church of England School , Wapping Clapham Junction Wandsworth London England UK Western Europe Cranleigh Surrey Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This log book was given to Surrey Local Studies Library in 1989 by Mr Brewer's daughter and transferred to the Greater London Record Office (now the London Metropolitan Archive) in 1995 (Acc/3531).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Log book kept by Austin Brewer, headmaster of Shillington Street Boys School, while school was evacuated to Cranleigh, including newspaper cuttings and leaflets regarding local events, 1939-1943.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For log books and diaries kept by other London schools during their wartime evacuation see LCC/EO/WAR/5/1-25. For log books of Shillington Street School, renamed Shillington School in 1951, see LCC/EO/DIV9/SHI/LB/1-5. For admission and discharge registers 1874-1938 and 1948-1979 see LCC/EO/DIV9/SHI/A + D/1-6.

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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