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Darlington, Skinnergate School

Reference: E/Da Catalogue Title: Darlington, Skinnergate School Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1863-1928

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  • Darlington, Skinnergate School
    • Log Books (Ref: E/Da 68-70)

Catalogue Description

Darlington, Skinnergate School

School set up as Sunday school by Wesleyan Methodists and opened as day school for boys on British Society, principles in 1815, a girls school was set up in 1823 (see Bondgate). Open to children of all denominations but largely supported by the Society of Friends. When the Wesleyan School was established (1858) the school was handed over to the British School Committee. A separate infants department was set up in 1870. In 1886 the school closed and the pupils moved to Darlington, Beaumont Street School.

Catalogue Contents

Log Books (Ref: E/Da 68-70)Ref: E/Da 68

Log book, July 1863 - March 1886 Committee reports, some with details of examination of pupils, pp.23,50,65,74,99,146,159,176, 177
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)

Ref: E/Da 69

Log book (infants), January 1870 - February 1886
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)

Ref: E/Da 70

Log book (cookery school), September 1905 - October 1928
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)



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