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Schools information for Eckington and places above it in the hierarchy
Eckington
Eckington Public Elementary School was built in 1874 for 264 boys, 220 girls and 236 infants.
Camm's Endowed (mixed and infants) School was built in 1832 and later enlarged to hold 237 mixed and 115 infants.
Mosborough's Endowed Public Elementary School was built in 1823 and enlarged in 1872, 1907 and again in 1912 to hold 320 mixed and 140 infants.
The Half-Way Mosborough Public Elementary School was built in 1877 for 191 mixed and 89 infants.
Renishaw Public Elementary School was built in 1873 for 182 boys and girls and 75 infants.
The Marsh Lane Public Elementary School was built in 1873 for 148 boys and girls and 92 infants.
A Catholic (mixed and infants) school was built in Spink Hill in 1853 for 218 boys and girls and 160 infants.
England
There are several Research Guides from The National Archives giving an excellent overview of the history of education in this country. Also look under keywords 'educational history' and 'schools'.
UK and Ireland
- UK Schools & Colleges Database: provides information on more than 31,000 UK state and independent Schools and Colleges, and over 29,000 UK School, College and University websites (as of June 2016).
- MissingAncestors.com (archived copy) - contains information on staff and students at Industrial/Reformatory Schools & the like during the 19th and early 20th century.
- Anguline Research Archives (archived copy) produce CDs of a number of major public school registers.
- Universities: Brief biographical details of graduates of Cambridge or Oxford Universities are provided in either Alumni Cantabrigienses by JA Venn or Alumni Oxonienses : the Members of the University of Oxford, by Joseph Foster, respectively, which are particularly useful for C of E ministers. They are available in various forms:
- Hard copies are held by many public libraries, including Reading Central Library.
- Cambridge Alumni Database free online from Cambridge University. See also their research guide.
- Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714 and 1715-1886 free from Internet Archive.
- Online subscription access from Ancestry: Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 and Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900.