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Schools information for Bolsover and places above it in the hierarchy
Bolsover
Bolsover National School (mixed) was built in 1868 and enlarged in 1886 and again in 1894 to hold 700 children.
The Welbeck Road Council school (mixed) opened in 1907 for 320 students.
In Shuttlewood, a temporary Council School (mixed) was built in 1905 to 220 children and enlarged around 1911 to hold 320. David BEVIS has a photograph of the School on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010. The playground is across the road.
The Whaley Thrope School was built in 1881 for 302 children. A new Infants School was added to hold 268 infants.
The Stanfree Council School (infants) was built in 1907 for 120 infants. Average attendance in 1912 was 120.
The Bolsover Colliery School was built in New Bolsover in 1894 for 520 students. Average attendance in 1911 was 520.
A new Public Elementary School (infants) was built in Bolsover in 1907 for 220. Average attendance in 191 was 220.
Andrew HILL has a photograph of the New Bolsover Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
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.