Richmond County School for Boys

Administrative records of Richmond County School for Boys

Richmond County School for Boys opened in July 1896 as a fee-paying school for boys in Kew Road, Richmond. The first headmaster was Mr AE Buckhurst, followed by Mr TW Beasley between 1912 and 1939. In 1939, the school closed, and the remaining boys were transferred to the site of East Sheen County School for Boys, in Hertford Avenue, Sheen. The school was re-named Richmond County and East Sheen School for Boys.

Richmond County School for Boys amalgamated with East Sheen County School for Boys in 1939. All the administrative functions of Richmond County School for Boys terminated at this date, and the Kew Road site was vacated, so the records for this school have been catalogued separately from those of the subsequent schools.

The Richmond County School for Boys collection is arranged into four series:

• S6/1 - Headmaster's Registers, 1896-1932
• S6/2 - Staff registers, 1896-1939
• S6/3 - Admissions Registers, 1902-1939
• S6/4 - Board of Educations Admissions Sheets, 1929-1939

Some records within this collection are open for access and can be viewed at Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive.
The opening times and address for Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive can be found online at: http://www.richmond.gov.uk/localstudies
Please note that some records within this collection are closed and not currently available for research. For further information, please contact Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive through any of the contact methods listed at: http://www.richmond.gov.uk/localstudies

A more detailed catalogue of this collection can be found online at https://richmond.spydus.co.uk/spydus.html

A collection of publications of Richmond County School for Boys 1922-1926 is held by Surrey History Centre, Collections Catalogue ref: 4335