Collection LMA/4191 - QUEEN'S HEAD STREET SCHOOL, ISLINGTON

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Reference code

LMA/4191

Title

QUEEN'S HEAD STREET SCHOOL, ISLINGTON

Date(s)

  • 1891 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.08 linear metres

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Biographical history

Queen's Head Street School for Boys and Girls was founded by the London School Board in 1884. It was enlarged in 1892 and again in 1910, but was badly bombed during the Second World War. A new school was constructed on the same site, named the Tudor Secondary School. By 1964 this was renamed Islington Green Secondary School.

Archival history

LMA/4191 1891 Collection 0.08 linear metres Queen's Head Street School for Boys and Girls , Islington

Queen's Head Street School for Boys and Girls was founded by the London School Board in 1884. It was enlarged in 1892 and again in 1910, but was badly bombed during the Second World War. A new school was constructed on the same site, named the Tudor Secondary School. By 1964 this was renamed Islington Green Secondary School.

Received in 1999 (B99/015).

Photograph of a group from Queen's Head Street School, Islington, 1891.

One item.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

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For a detailed history of the school see the website: http://www.locallocalhistory.co.uk/schools/islington/history1/index.htm (page last accessed April 2009).

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1999 (B99/015).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photograph of a group from Queen's Head Street School, Islington, 1891.

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Accruals

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One item.

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Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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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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  • English

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