IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0134
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COLLEGE OF INFANTS, CLERKENWELL
Date(s): 1686-1687
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): College of Infants | Clerkenwell
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The General Nursery or Colledg [sic] of Infants was established by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the workhouse at Clerkenwell "for the Reception and Breeding up of poor... Infants, left to the Parish care ...".
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
An Account of the General Nursery or Colledg of Infants set up by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex containing a list of rules and regulations, proposals for education and extracts from orders of Sessions concerning establishment, published 1686.
Also photocopy of the presentment of the Grand Jury for Middlesex approving the work of the General Nursery, with extracts from orders of Sessions concerning refusal of St. Clement's Danes parish to participate in scheme, and general remarks on benefits of such an establishment.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two items.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in June 1939.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.