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London Metropolitan Archives

PENTONVILLE CHARITY SCHOOL


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/PCS

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: PENTONVILLE CHARITY SCHOOL

Date(s): 1836-1900

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.12 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Pentonville Charity School

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Pentonville Charity School was established in 1788, first as a Sunday School, then as a day school, providing clothing for about half the number of boys and girls educated. The school drew its income mainly from subscriptions and collections at sermons. The National System of education was adopted, reading writing and arithmetic being taught, with needlework for the girls.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Pentonville Charity School, comprising minute book of Committee meetings; report and notes on the school and ticket for coal.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

A/PCS-1: Minutes; A/PCS-2: Reports and notes; A/PCS-3: Ephemera.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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 27 July 1971.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Charity schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Educational charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Pentonville Charity School

Places
Pentonville | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe