IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0347 S17
Held at: Wandsworth Heritage Service
Title: Sir Walter St John's School
Date(s): 1910-2004
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 box and loose volumes
Name of creator(s): Please contact the Archive for further information
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir Walter St John's School was founded in 1700 and existed in Battersea until its closure in 1986. The school was founded by Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet, of Battersea and Lydiard Tregoze, in order to educate 20 young boys of the parish. As Battersea grew, the school expanded and in 1859 the school moved into a new building on Battersea High Street where it remained until its closure.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
This collection is made up of school magazines and other ephemera relating to the school. This includes a publicity poster, a speech day programme, and various pamphlets outlining the history of the school. There are no original records relating to the school or students in the collection.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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Conditions governing access:
This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
D64 School Inventory, June 1915.
School records are held at London Metropolitan Archives.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2011