Collection GB 0074 ACC/3605 - SWAYLANDS SCHOOL, KENT

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/3605

Title

SWAYLANDS SCHOOL, KENT

Date(s)

  • 1957-1959 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.5 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Swaylands School was a residential special school for educationally subnormal boys maintained by Middlesex County Council (MCC).

After the passing of the 1944 Education Act, the MCC expanded its provision for special education increasing its number of residential schools from one to ten, many accommodated in large mansions in the home counties. Swaylands was a 19th century Tudor style house situated at Penshurst, near Tonbridge, in Kent.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/3605 1957-1959 Collection 0.5 linear metres Swaylands School , Kent

Swaylands School was a residential special school for educationally subnormal boys maintained by Middlesex County Council (MCC).

After the passing of the 1944 Education Act, the MCC expanded its provision for special education increasing its number of residential schools from one to ten, many accommodated in large mansions in the home counties. Swaylands was a 19th century Tudor style house situated at Penshurst, near Tonbridge, in Kent.

Donated to the Archive in 1995.

Records of Swaylands School, consisting of interior and exterior photographs of the building, including photographs of school lessons, prize giving and the school fete, 1957-1959.

Four items

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

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

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 Visual materials Photographs Schools Educational institutions Special schools Disadvantaged groups Disabled persons Disabled children MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council Swaylands School , Kent

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated to the Archive in 1995.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Swaylands School, consisting of interior and exterior photographs of the building, including photographs of school lessons, prize giving and the school fete, 1957-1959.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Four items

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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