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- 1845-1967 (Creation)
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4.72 linear metres
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The Royal Commercial Travellers' Schools at Pinner derived from a small school for the orphans of commercial travellers founded on the initiative of John Robert Cuffley in 1845 at Wanstead, then in Essex. In 1855 the foundation stone of a larger school with accommodation for 140 was laid by the Prince Consort on a site in Hatch End. The building, in red brick with stone dressings in the Gothic style, was enlarged in 1868, 1876-7, 1878, 1905, and 1907. There were 365 boys and girls, all of them boarders, in 1937. The school, which provided a grammar school education, was renamed the Royal Pinner School, Hatch End, in 1965. By this date it was in financial difficulties and it was closed in 1967, although a Royal Pinner School Foundation was set up to help pupils who had been receiving a free education. The buildings were divided between Harrow College of Further Education and a Roman Catholic primary school
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 265-269 (available online).
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GB 0074 ACC/0992 1845-1967 Collection 4.72 linear metres Commercial Travellers' School , 1845-1918 x Royal Commercial Travellers' School , 1918-1965 x Royal Pinner School , 1965-1967
The Royal Commercial Travellers' Schools at Pinner derived from a small school for the orphans of commercial travellers founded on the initiative of John Robert Cuffley in 1845 at Wanstead, then in Essex. In 1855 the foundation stone of a larger school with accommodation for 140 was laid by the Prince Consort on a site in Hatch End. The building, in red brick with stone dressings in the Gothic style, was enlarged in 1868, 1876-7, 1878, 1905, and 1907. There were 365 boys and girls, all of them boarders, in 1937. The school, which provided a grammar school education, was renamed the Royal Pinner School, Hatch End, in 1965. By this date it was in financial difficulties and it was closed in 1967, although a Royal Pinner School Foundation was set up to help pupils who had been receiving a free education. The buildings were divided between Harrow College of Further Education and a Roman Catholic primary school
From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 265-269 (available online).
Received in 1968.
Records of the Royal Commercial Traveller's School, Pinner, 1845-1967, including half yearly Court of Governors minute books; Board of Management minute books; General Purposes Committee minute books; Executive Committee minute books; Building Committee minute books; Education Committee minute books; staff testimonials; maintenance and building agreements; pupil medical registers; register of Science and Art classes; pupil monthly report books; inventories; rules and regulations; deeds and legal documents relating to the school lands and buildings at Wanstead and Pinner; financial accounts; bequests; plans of the school at Pinner; annually printed lists of rules, officers and subscribers; copies of the "Rules and Bye-laws for the Government of the Institution"; papers relating to the election of Governors; programmes, invitations and notices relating to events; papers relating to the closure of the School; booklets, pamphlets, press cuttings and prospectuses; photographs of the school buildings, staff, Governors and Board of Management, school events, and pupils at work and play.
Divided into sections: School Administration; Records of Title; Financial Records; Plans; Printed Material; Pictures and Photographs.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright rests with the City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also ACC/0923 and ACC/2473 for more records of the School. Some records remain in the custody of the Royal Pinner School Foundation.
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.
July to October 2009 Finance Financing Fundraising Education records Pupils reports Information sources Documents Deeds Personnel People by occupation Travelling sales personnel Students Schoolchildren People People by roles School governors Visual materials Plans Building plans Charity schools Schools Educational institutions School buildings Educational buildings Registers Budget contributions Educational management Commercial Travellers' School , 1845-1918 x Royal Commercial Travellers' School , 1918-1965 x Royal Pinner School , 1965-1967
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Received in 1968.
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Records of the Royal Commercial Traveller's School, Pinner, 1845-1967, including half yearly Court of Governors minute books; Board of Management minute books; General Purposes Committee minute books; Executive Committee minute books; Building Committee minute books; Education Committee minute books; staff testimonials; maintenance and building agreements; pupil medical registers; register of Science and Art classes; pupil monthly report books; inventories; rules and regulations; deeds and legal documents relating to the school lands and buildings at Wanstead and Pinner; financial accounts; bequests; plans of the school at Pinner; annually printed lists of rules, officers and subscribers; copies of the "Rules and Bye-laws for the Government of the Institution"; papers relating to the election of Governors; programmes, invitations and notices relating to events; papers relating to the closure of the School; booklets, pamphlets, press cuttings and prospectuses; photographs of the school buildings, staff, Governors and Board of Management, school events, and pupils at work and play.
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Divided into sections: School Administration; Records of Title; Financial Records; Plans; Printed Material; Pictures and Photographs.
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These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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See also ACC/0923 and ACC/2473 for more records of the School. Some records remain in the custody of the Royal Pinner School Foundation.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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