Catalogue

Log book of Piercebridge National School, 27 February 1865 - March 1904

Log book of Piercebridge National (later Church of England) School, 15 April 1904 - 31 August 1960

Minutes of meetings of the managers of Piercebridge Church of England School, 5 January 1905 - 7 July 1960

Minutes of meetings of the managers of Piercebridge Church of England School, 14 August 1945 and 8 October 1946 Originally enclosed in D/X 1326/3

Reports of religious instruction in the school, 17 November 1902, 22 October 1903, 3 December 1919, 14 September 1921, 27 April 1927

Statement of information on the management, buildings and staff of the school required by the County Council, 28 February 1903

Order of the Board of Education as to the appointment of foundation managers for the school, 22 March 1904

Returns to the Board of Education of income and expenditure, staffing, school numbers and attendance, 15 April 1904, 20 April 1905, [April 1912], [April 1914 - April 1915], [April 1917 - April 1920], [April 1922], [April 1924]

Plan of proposed alterations to the school by J.P. Pritchett & Son, Darlington, June 1904 Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet [1:120]

Correspondence between the Tees Valley Water Board, Middlesbrough; Rev. H.C. Watson, Gainford Vicarage; and the Board of Education, Whitehall, London; concerning alterations and extensions to the school, 15 October [recte November] 1904 - 29 June 1905

Letter from the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham, concerning expenditure on repairs and maintenance in non-provided schools, 5 July 1905

Letter from the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham, requesting details of the accommodation available at the school, with plans and elevations of the school rooms and calculations of the accommodation, 24 July 1905

Letter from the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham, giving details of the re-grading of the school and the salary of the head teacher, 14 June 1920

Board (later Ministry) of Education Inspectors' reports on the school, 21 September 1921, 27 May 1924, 30 May 1927 and 8 May 1952

County Council Inspector's report on the school, 11 October 1922

Correspondence between the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham; Rev. R.A. Bidwell, Gainford Vicarage; and the Board of Education, Whitehall, London; concerning the unsuitable nature of the school premises, 3 October - 10 November 1926

Plans of the school 'as Existing' and 'as Proposed' by Richard Wylie, 24 Grainger Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1927 Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch [1:96]

Correspondence between Jessie Snowdon, headteacher, Piercebridge C.E. School; Lucy Holmes, Piercebridge; C. Gore, Gainford; the Education Department, Durham County Council, 28 Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland; Florence Hunter, headteacher, Northallerton Junior School, North Yorkshire; Mrs. H.M. Johnson, headteacher, Newton-le-Wilows C.E. School, Bedale, North Yorkshire; and Mr. Taylor; concerning damage to school property, mittens knitted by the children, school leaving rules, and the transfer of children from and to the school, n.d [c.1930] - 2 May 1947

Appointments of Mrs. Florence B. Sinclair and Mrs. Ellen Trudgill as teachers at the school, 24 November 1947 - 31 March 1954

Letters from the Education Department, Durham County Council, Shire Hall, Durham, to Rev. I. Samuel, The Vicarage, Gainford, concerning the closure of the school on 31 August 1960, 16 May 1960 - 6 September 1960

Letters from J.R.G. Bradfield, Trinity College, Cambridge, and P. Carter, Diocesan Office, The College, Durham, to Rev. I. Samuel, The Vicarage, Gainford, concerning the use of the old school building, 27 July 1962 and 5 April 1971

Register of services, 10 May 1936 - 3 February [1956]

Account book of unidentified undertaker, possibly in Piercebridge, 31 October 1921 - 3 January [1965]