COLLEGE OF INFANTS, CLERKENWELL

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0134
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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

Related material:

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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:
June to August 2010.