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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1607 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Hunstanworth Parochial School and Reading Room

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(Ref: D/X 1607/1-3)

Hunstanworth Parochial School
The school was erected by Rev. W. Capper and began in 1863. The school closed in 1974.

Ref: D/X 1607/1

Log book, 29 June 1863 - 13 July 1880
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/X 1607/2

Log book, 15 July 1880 - 19 June 1893
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/X 1607/3

Log book additional leaves, 20 February 1919 - 4 September 1919 Originally enclosed in D/X 1607/2
(12 papers)

(Ref: D/X 1607/4)

Townfield
Hunstanworth Reading Room
The Reading Room was established in 1859, ceased to operate c. 1955, and its assets were finally wound up at a meeting on 6 January 1971

Ref: D/X 1607/4

List of members' names and note of books issued to each, January 1859 - February 1909; January 1919 - February 1920; account of subscriptions, January 1895 - December 1905; income and expenditure account, 1859 - 1881, 1900 - 1914, 1917; catalogue of books in the library, nos. 1 - 748; minutes of annual meetings, 1901 - 1903, 1905 - 1906, 1911, 1912; minutes of committee meetings, 1900, 1906, 1971
(1 volume, leather half-bound)



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