JAMES STREET INFIRMARY AND SAINT SAVIOUR'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : O/531 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : JAMES STREET INFIRMARY AND SAINT SAVIOUR'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
Date(s) | : 1719-1880 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Saint Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark Saint Olave's and Saint Saviour's Schools Foundation |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1715 the Westminster Hospital was founded to help the poor and needy. It opened as a Public Infirmary in 1719, situated first in Petty France, then Chapel Street and finally James Street. A hospital building was not opened until 1834. For a more detailed history of the Westminster Hospital please see H02/WH.
Saint Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark was founded in 1559 as a free grammar school. In 1896 it became Saint Olave's and Saint Saviour's Schools Foundation, which supports Saint Olave's Grammar School for boys and Saint Saviour's and Saint Olave's Church of England School for Girls.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Public Infirmary, James Street, Westminster (Westminster Hospital): printed account of Trustees proceedings including abstracts of accounts, 1719 and Saint Saviour's Grammar School, Southwark: printed programme of day to mark 318th anniversary including brief prospectus of school, 1880.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
2 booklets.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1947. AC/57/010.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The records of the Westminster Hospital can be found at H02/WH.
Records of the Saint Olave's and Saint Saviour's Schools Foundation, 1572-1991, can be found at the Southwark Local Studies Library, 211 Borough High Street.
Publication note:
Carrington, R.C. Two Schools: A History of the St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School Foundation and its Schools. McCorquodale Printers Ltd., London, 1971.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
January 2009
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