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Browney Colliery British Mixed and Infants' School

Reference: E/C Catalogue Title: Browney Colliery British Mixed and Infants' School Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1881-2002

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  • Browney Colliery British Mixed and Infants' School
    • Log books (Ref: E/C Section 1)
    • School Governors' and Managers' minutes (Ref: E/C/Section 2)
    • Admission registers (Ref: E/C/Section 3)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/Section 4)
    • Punishment book (Ref: E/C/section 01)
    • Attendance (Ref: E/C/section 02)
    • Plans (Ref: E/C/section 03)
    • Financial records (Ref: E/C/ section 04)
    • Cashbooks (Ref: E/C/)
    • Sales books (Ref: E/C/)
    • Syllabus, pupils' work etc (Ref: E/C/ section 05)
    • Schemes of work (Ref: E/C/)
    • Syllabus (Ref: E/C/)
    • Visitors books (Ref: E/C/section 06)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/section 07)

Catalogue Description

Browney Colliery British Mixed and Infants' School

Became Browney Council Mixed and Infants' School, 6 November 1905
Browney Council Mixed School from 16 September 1907
Browney Council School which became Browney County J.M. School and Browney County J. M. & I. School
Browney County J. M. & I. School became Browney Academy in 2003

Catalogue Contents

Log books (Ref: E/C Section 1)

9, 70, 166-167

Ref: E/C 9

7 March 1881 - 23 January 1899
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: E/C 70

1 February 1899 - 22 December 1967
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: E/C 166/1

Browney Colliery Infants School log book, 9 January 1968 - 1 November 2002
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C 167

Browney Colliery Evening School log book, 25 September 1899 - 20 November 1901
(1 volume)

School Governors' and Managers' minutes (Ref: E/C/Section 2)

C 59

Ref: E/C/C 59

26 March 1906 - 2 October 1986
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Admission registers (Ref: E/C/Section 3)

34-35, 129-134

Ref: E/C/F 34

7 March 1881 - 8 August 1887
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: E/C/F 35

7 February 1889 - 18 April 1898
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: E/C/F 129

Admission register, 25 April 1898 - 13 August 1906
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/F 130

Admission register, 2 February 1887 - 7 May 1890
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/F 131

Browney County School admission register, 13 August 1906 - 11 January 1910
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/F 132

Browney Council Mixed School admission register, 6 April 1910 - 31 May 1932
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/F 133

Browney Council Infants School admission register, 3 September 1923 - 11 September 1961
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/F 134

Browney County Junior, Mixed and Infant School, admission register, 11 September 1961 - 5 September 2000
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/Section 4)Punishment book (Ref: E/C/section 01)

E/C/G 1186

Ref: E/C/G 1186

Browney Colliery Mixed School, punishment book, 12 January 1921 - 8 March 1977
(1 volume)

Attendance (Ref: E/C/section 02)

E/C/G 1185

Ref: E/C/G 1195

Browney Colliery Infants School, summary of attendance for the years ending 31 March 1929 - 31 March 1930
(1 volume)

Plans (Ref: E/C/section 03)

E/C/G 159

Ref: E/C/G 159

Plan of Browney Colliery School and teachers' residence, n.d. Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:96]
(1 plan, 105 cm. x 75 cm., waxed linen, ink, partly coloured)

Financial records (Ref: E/C/ section 04)Cashbooks (Ref: E/C/)

E/C/G 21-23, 1188

Ref: E/C/G 21

Cash book, 2 January 1888 - 21 December 1895
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: E/C/G 22

Cash book, 7 March 1881 - 24 December 1887
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: E/C/G 23

Cash book, 17 January 1896 - 30 March 1904
(1 volume, calf half-bound)

Ref: E/C/G 1188

Browney Colliery Evening School cash book, 3 October 1895 - 25 March 1901
(1 volume)

Sales books (Ref: E/C/)

1189/1-2

Ref: E/C/G 1189/1

Browney Colliery Infants School sales book, 11 May 1908 - 18 September 1929
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/G 1189/2

Browney Colliery Junior Mixed School sales book, April 1931 - 16 July 1981
(1 volume)

Syllabus, pupils' work etc (Ref: E/C/ section 05)

1193-1194

Schemes of work (Ref: E/C/)

E/C/G 156, 1190

Ref: E/C/G 156

Folder containing schemes of work 1899 and examples of pupils' art, geography and geometry work, 1888 - 1904
(1 bundle)

Ref: E/C/G 1190

Browning Colliery Infants School, schemes of work for year ending 31 January 1899
(2 papers)

Syllabus (Ref: E/C/)

E/C/G 155

Ref: E/C/G 155

Syllabus book, 1 August 1924 - 3 December 1927
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: E/C/G 1193

Anthology of Poems by I. Taylor, n.d. [c. 1940s]
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/G 1194

Browney Colliery School student collection of hand - drawn maps, drawings and diagrams, n.d. [c. 1940s]
(32 papers)

Visitors books (Ref: E/C/section 06)

E/C/G 1187/1-2

Ref: E/C/G 1187/1

Browney School visitors book, December 1904 - 30 August 1939
(1 volume)

Ref: E/C/G 1187/2

Browney Colliery Infants School visitors book, 4 November 1907 - 13 March 1981
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/section 07)

E/C/G 157-158, 1191-1192

Ref: E/C/G 157

Folder containing: Annual Inspectors' reports re grant allowance, 1890 - 1904 (16 files) Board of Education Returns, 1923 - 1929 (10 papers) Teachers' Salary returns, 1907 - 1925 (7 papers) Pupil teachers' agreements, 1882, 1903 (2 papers) Application forms for teaching posts, 1922 (2 files) H.M.I. Reports, 1921 - 1956 (4 files) Examples of pupils' dictation, 1894 (6 papers) Correspondence, 1890 - 1929 (11 papers, 1 file)
(1 folder)

Ref: E/C/G 158

Folder containing: Board of Education returns, 1905 - 1945 (29 papers, 16 files) Teachers' salaries scales, 1925 - 1963 (40 papers, 3 files) Memoranda of agreements for teachers and pupil teachers, 1885 - 1905 (14 papers) Application forms for teaching posts, 1922 - 1931 (5 files, 9 papers) Correspondence, 1896 - 1931 (24 papers, 3 files)
(1 folder)

Ref: E/C/G 1191

Browney Colliery School, return for the school year ended 31 January 1904
(5 papers)

Ref: E/C/G 1192

Browney Colliery Junior Mixed School, Teacher's Time book, 26 August 1941 - 23 July 1948
(1 volume)



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