The Bedfordshire Schoolchild: Elementary education before 1902
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261 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 67

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

The Bedfordshire Schoolchild: Elementary education before 1902

Edited by David Bushby

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The Bedfordshire Schoolchild: Elementary education before 1902

Amongst the documents from which extracts are taken are: the record of schools in the Bishop of Lincoln's Visitations 1717 and 1720; the returns to the Select Committee on Education of the Poor 1818; the 1833 education returns; grants to National and British schools 1835-1843; a report in 1844 of the HM School Inspector; the Church of England's enquiry into schools in 1846/7; the education census of 1851; Union workhouse schools; reports on child employment 1843-1867/8; extracts from school logbooks; the report on elementary education made under the Education Act 1870; and extracts from the minutes of school boards 1870-1903.

David Bushby was a school teacher in Biggleswade. He obtained a second degree in the history of education and has published on education in Bedfordshire and other local history topics.

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January 1988

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Title Details

261 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Series Vol. Number: 67

Imprint: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society