IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/215-17
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: RED COAT SCHOOL
Date(s): 1776-1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 15 production units.
Name of creator(s): Red Coat School | Stepney
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Red Coat School, Stepney, has had various names including Stepney Parish Day Schools, Stepney Church School and the Charity School in the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town. It was established in 1714 by voluntary subscription for the clothing and education of a limited number of boys born within Mile End Old Town. The school-house was built on Stepney Green (though the boys were separately housed in Mile End Road for some time). In 1944 the school merged with the secondary department of the Cass School to become the Sir John Cass's Foundation and Red Coat School in Stepney Way.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Red Coat School, Stepney. They include minutes, admission registers, log books, financial accounts and some other administrative records. The earliest records are admission registers from 1776 (Ms 31190).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
CLC/215/MS31189 to MS31195.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The archive was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Foundation in 1995 (apart from Ms 19627-8). The records were catalogued by a member of the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Papers relating to the school can be found in the Toynbee Hall Warden's Files (ACC/2486) and in the papers of the parish of St Dunstan (P93/DUN/368-369).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.