MEXBOROUGH GARDEN STREET SCHOOL RECORDS

This material is held atDoncaster Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 197 SR113
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1878-1979
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 boxes 0.032 cubic metres

Scope and Content

Comprising: log books 1878-1962; admission registers 1956-1971; other records 1930-1979

Administrative / Biographical History

This Board School was built on Garden Street in 1878; it was renamed the Garden Street Council School after 1903, when it had separate Senior Mixed, Junior Mixed and Infants Department. From 1930 the Boys and Girls Department were separate. In 1952 the school was renamed Mexborough Garden Street Infants County Primary. In 1960 the Junior Girls and Infants School was combined, but in 1965 the Junior Girls were transferred to the Adwick Road Junior Mixed School. The School closed in 1981.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series as follows:

SR113/1: Log Books

SR113/2: Admission Registers

SR113/3: Miscellaneous

Access Information

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