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Schools information for Wemyss and places above it in the hierarchy

Wemyss

School Board records and / or school logbooks are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre. Wemyss records:

At the Fife Council Archive Centre, Kirkcaldy:

  • Buckhaven High School
    Log books, 1901-1927.
  • Denbeath Primary School
    Log books, 1908-1992; admissions registers, 1933-1966.
  • Buckhaven Links School
    Log books, 1873-1882.
  • Buckhaven Primary School
    Log books, 1920-1939.
  • Buckhaven Infant School
    Log books, 1923-1945.
  • Buckhaven Subscription School
    Log books, 1863-1901.
  • Coaltown of Wemyss School
    Log books, 1870-1963.
  • Coaltown of Wemyss Infant School
    Log books, 1901-1928.
  • Aberhill Public School
    Log books, 1912-1932.
  • Aberhill Junior School
    Log books, 1932-1947.
  • Aberhill Primary School
    Log books, 1947-1976.
  • Methil Public School
    Log books, 1893-1926.
  • Methil Public School Infants
    Log books, 1893-1923.
  • Wemyss Public School
    Log books, 1863-1908.
  • Wemyss Infants School
    Log books, 1925-1938.
  • East Wemyss Primary School
    Log books, 1892-1925, 1938-1988; admissions registers, 1918-2001.
  • West Wemyss Dorothy Public School
    Log books, 1874-1923, 1957-1981.
  • West Wemyss Dorothy Infant School
    Log books, 1891-1920.
  • Wemyss School Board
    Minute Books 1873-1918.
  • Wemyss School Management Committee
    Minutes, 1931-1948.

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Education statistics for Fife schools in 1891-2 list the following board schools in the parish:

School Board School Accommodation for scholars Average attendance
Wemyss Buckhaven 728 611
Kirkland Cross Roads 538 462  
Wemyss 299 194  
Coaltown 148 102  
West Wemyss, Dorothy 326 193  

Fife

Before1878, the parochial schools were the responsibility of the Heritors of each parish (see Church Records), although mention is frequently made to them in the Kirk Session papers.

After 1878, School Boards were created. Their records and / or school logbooks are held at the Fife Council Archive Centre.

A census of Religious Worship and Education was taken in 1851 at the same time as the census of population. There is a table of statistics about the schools and Sunday schools in Fife in 1851 here.

Scotland

  • "A Happie and Golden Tyme" published by The National Records of Scotland looks at education in Scotland since the fourteenth century. It includes facsimile copies of original records. 20 pages long, ISBN 0 870874 15 3.
  • School and Education Reports at the National Records of Scotland. 
  • Schools. Pupils and Teachers in Glasgow and the West of Scotland - records at the Mitchell Library.
  • Scotland Street School Museum - Scotland Street School was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903-1906 for the School Board of Glasgow. Now a museum, it tells the story of 100 years of education in Scotland, from the late 19th century to the late 20th century.

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