Archive Record
THE ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST ANN'S SOCIETY, REDHILL: RECORDS, 1715-1993
Reference Number: 6239
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by the Royal Asylum of St Ann's Society, Godalming, in June 1994.
-Introduction Foundation and objectives
The origins of the Royal Asylum of St Ann's Society lie in the decision taken in the early 18th century by a number of parishioners of the parish of St Ann and St Agnes, St Ann's Lane, Aldersgate in London, to form a society for the clothing and education of twelve local boys from families in need. A schoolhouse was provided, rented from the parish and situated at Number 4, St Ann's Lane, Aldersgate Street, and this became known as the Town School or Establishment. The earliest minutes of the Society have failed to survive, but, according to the short histories of the Society included in the annual reports, much information about its earliest days can be gleaned from the minutes kept by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which provided considerable aid to the Society after its foundation. By the late 18th century the Town School was joined by a separate institution, known as the country asylum, which was originally established in Lavenham, Suffolk, transferring to Peckham in 1794, Streatham in 1829 and Redhill in 1884.
Two years, 1702 and 1709, are given in the annual reports as the year of the foundation of the Society. This confusion, and that over the spelling of the name, which is referred to as St Ann's or St Anne's at various dates throughout its history, probably has its roots in the belief, stated in some annual reports, that the Society was founded in 1702, the year of Queen Anne's succession. However, in its incorporation by Act of Parliament dated 18 June 1846 (9 Vic cap.xliii), which changed its name to the Royal Asylum of St Ann's Society, and in 1929, when the constitution of the Society was amended, its name is stated as St Ann's, from the name of the parish, St Ann and St Agnes, Aldersgate, where the charity was founded. Appeal literature transcribed in the Court minutes of the 18th century refers to the date of foundation as 1709, although it is more probable that some kind of provision for the welfare of children once in prosperous circumstances existed since 1702.
The objects of the Society, as stated at its incorporation, were 'to provide education and instruction in religious and useful knowledge agreeably to the formularies of the Church of England, as well as clothing, maintenance and a home for the legitimate children (whether orphans or not, and from every nation) of parents who have seen better days and moved in a superior station in life'. It was funded from the beginning by charitable donation, either through subscriptions by benefactors or through charitable bequests. The Society also enjoyed the support of various livery companies in the city, particularly the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers.
Constitution and election of children
The earliest text of the full constitution and rules of the Society to survive appears in 1788, listed in the rough minute book, which also records the clothing allotted to each child throughout the time of his or her maintenance by the Society. However, this was not the first constitution, since by 1776 the Society had already produced in printed format the rules and orders by which it operated, and in April that year it was decided at a Committee meeting that these should be revised. The orders were approved, but no record of them survives. At a Committee meeting of 8 March 1780, it was decided that subscribers should henceforth be known as governors, and that the governing body should consist of a President, who must be a nobleman, two vice presidents, both to be aldermen of the city of London, four trustees, two stewards, governors and a secretary. The Committee members were responsible for the running of the school, while the governors enjoyed the privilege, on payment of a subscription or lump sum, to present or vote for the presentation of a child to the school, and to attend Court meetings.
Up to 1797 the accepted method of securing a place for a child in the town school or country asylum was by presentation through a subscriber or governor, according to the amount subscribed to the Society. These rights of presentation operated by rotation. However, as the number of subscribers grew, this method became impractical, and some governors complained that they had subscribed to the Society for a number of years and still had not presented a child. In 1797 the rule was changed, so that children gained places through ballot, those most in need receiving a place in either the town school or country asylum. Governors subscribing one guinea a year were allowed one vote, those subscribing two guineas two votes, and so on (see Court minutes, 20 December 1797). Subscribers to the country school were also allowed votes in ballots for election to the town school. However, the system of presentation appears somehow to have persisted, particularly for those donors of large sums of money, since at a Court meeting of 6 Oct 1823 it was again decided that election should be by ballot and not presentation.
The Society was supported by several leading figures which, in the late 18th century, included William Wilberforce, philanthropist, Samuel Whitbread, brewer, and his son, also Samuel, politician, and Henry and Samuel Thornton, who served as governor and director of the Bank of England respectively. These men played a major part as advisers in extending provision at the country school in 1792, which was achieved by raising and advertising subscription rates, so that donors of 3 guineas a year could present a child in turn to the asylum, and a donor of 60 guineas could immediately present a child.
In 1825 concerns over financial losses prompted the governors to order a detailed investigation into the funds of the Society which are recorded in the minutes of a meeting on 18 April 1825. The resulting appeal for donations is recorded in the minutes of a meeting on 31 May, incorporating a history of the schools and referring to the date of foundation as 1709, and outlining new rules and orders, the establishment of the Society and duties of staff, continuing in the meeting of 22 June 1825.
By the mid 19th century, the ordinary business of the Society was conducted by the Committee, members of which were chosen annually at a meeting of the governors. Twenty members of the Committee were appointed Visitors, who inspected the Town School and country establishment at stated periods during the year and reported to the general Committee. Domestic arrangements of the establishments were under the supervision of the Honorary House Stewards, while educational departments were under the supervision of the Chaplain and Educational Committee.
In times of great need, children were admitted free of cost or election. In 1848 six French orphans were admitted free, and, following the Indian Mutiny in 1857, an orphaned girl whose parents died at Cawnpore was also admitted. During the 19th century, it was more usual for children of parents once in 'affluent independence', particularly of officers in the armed forces, of clergymen, physicians, surgeons and solicitors, and of once prosperous merchants, farmers or tradesmen, to be admitted.
However, the usual custom of electing children between the ages of seven and eleven was by ballot. In 1830, a subscription of one guinea yearly constituted an annual governor, and a subscription of ten guineas constituted a governor for life. Governors were entitled to vote at the half yearly ballot held in February and August for the admission of children to the Brixton Asylum, according to the amount of their subscription, and were permitted, in rotation, to present a child into the day school maintained at Aldersgate. A contribution of £100 allowed a donor immediately to place a child at Brixton, and a contribution of £250 allowed the donor the privilege of keeping for life a child at Brixton.
During the early part of the 19th century, branch societies, known as auxiliary societies, were also formed from ex-pupils, and were allowed on payment of certain contributions to place children in the Asylum. In order to illustrate the huge development of the Society in the early 19th century, a printed statement was issued comparing its income and support from 1824 to 1833 (see Court minute book, -/1/4). Its headquarters were established at 58 Gracechurch Street, London.
In the late 19th century, the Committee reserved the right to elect a number of children to remain in the Asylum after reaching the age of 15 years, to enable them to enter the Oxford or Cambridge Local Examination. Children leaving the Society appeared for inspection before the Visiting Committee with their workbooks, and an entry as to his or her conduct and attainment was made in the character book by the master or mistress. If considered satisfactory, the child was presented with a bible and prayer book as tokens of merit. Every child who left received a suit of clothes, or the monetary equivalent. The regulations of the Society are cited in full in the annual report, 1855, which also contains a dietary table for children resident at the Asylum, then still in Streatham.
Town School, Aldersgate
By the 1770s, the Society provided for the education of children at the schoolhouse in Aldersgate, and, after their education, apprenticed them to local tradesmen or sent them into service. These facilities provided only for daytime care, not boarders.
It was usual for the master to be chosen annually, though in the early 19th century Thomas Dixon held the post for some twelve years. The master lived rent free in a furnished house provided by the Society, and in 1823 his salary was £50 pa, an extra £7 for the wages of a servant and 2 guineas for mending the children's linen. His food was provided for, and his coal allowance was five cauldrons a year. He had to be a member of the Church of England, married but without children, and of good character. The mistress was employed under much the same terms, but was paid some £20 pa less.
Children at the Town School were not without means of complaint, if their treatment was intolerable, either at the schoolhouse or while serving an apprenticeship. A pupil, Elizabeth Bird, was summoned to a Committee meeting of 4 Oct 1738 and complained about the mistress beating the girls and making her arm 'very black and blue', for which the mistress was reprimanded (-/1/8). On 15 Mar 1758 the Committee heard a complaint about the schoolmaster for swearing at his scholars 'in heat of passion'. The complaint, it was decided, would be heard before the next general meeting, but the result is not known.
At a general Court meeting on 19 Jun 1776, John Hunt, who was apprenticed by the Society, complained that he was later bound over to another master without the Society's consent. The Society agreed to provide a steward to visit the local Justice of the Peace with the boy and summon the offending master to answer the complaint, and resolved that the boy should serve the remainder of his apprenticeship with another master which the Society approved. Children not complying with the school rules, including those laid down for regular attendance, were discharged.
The Town School was rebuilt in the late 1820s at a cost of £1470, with provision for the education there of 30 boys and 30 girls. In 1887, the lease of the schoolhouse in Aldersgate expired, and the property was abandoned.
Country Asylum in Lavenham, Suffolk and Peckham, 1783-1828
A country establishment was in operation by 1783, since it was decided at a meeting on 2 April 1783 that no boy should attend this institution until he had attended the town school for two years. Its location was almost certainly Lavenham, Suffolk, judging by a reference to a replacement needed for the master at the country school in the minutes of a special general meeting on 16 November 1785, although 1795 is the date suggested in the annual reports for the establishment of a country asylum in Suffolk. Girls were admitted to the country asylum in 1787, by which date twenty children were maintained there, but they were later removed to a separate establishment, judging by references to a female asylum in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The country asylum was considered of great importance in protecting the children from the corruption they were deemed liable to encounter in the city.
In November 1792 it was first suggested that the country asylum be moved nearer London, some gentlemen in the parish of Camberwell offering to assist the governors, by public subscription, to build a schoolhouse and chapel. The quarterly Court of 19 December 1792 heard the resolutions on the matter by the Revd Roger Bentley, incumbent of the parish of Camberwell, including the recommendation that the building be located in Peckham Rye Lane or thereabouts. This plan fell through with the death of the Revd Roger Bentley and the refusal of his successor to countenance the proposal, and in April 1794 it was decided to lease a house, also in Peckham, from William Empson.
Little is recorded in the minutes about the running of the country school in Lavenham, but at a quarterly general Court meeting of 18 June 1794 the rules and regulations for the running of the country school after its transfer to Peckham are recorded, including the stipulation that the children should be washed with care twice a day, morning and evening, and their feet be washed once a week. The master kept a black book to record the names of offenders, who were to be punished in the first instance by wearing a notice advertising the nature of their crime. Offenders were also required to apologise publicly for any misdemeanors. Parents were permitted to see their children only between the hours of four and six o'clock on Wednesday afternoons, with permission of the stewards. Children were allowed to visit their parents four times a year during the daytime, again with consent of the stewards.
Operation of the country asylum did not always run smoothly, and both children and master were open to criticism. Following concern over the increasing costs of maintaining the country school, it was decided at a Court meeting of 14 May 1801 to adopt the diet and clothing allowance employed by the charity operating the Welch School, apparently located in London, which is recorded in the minutes in detail. A month later the Court heard a complaint, via the Visiting Committee, from the children of the country school about their diminished diet, which they found to be groundless. The offending children were punished. During the early months of 1810 the Court heard a number of complaints about the master of the country school: that he ordered the boys to wash their own linen and did not rise at proper times to join the children for prayers and breakfast. At the meeting of 4 July he was dismissed. On 9 February 1820 the Court heard complaints about the master of the country school not washing the feet of the children, one of whom was suffering from a gangrenous toe.
Already, by 1797, it was decided that the accommodation offered by the leased house in Peckham was unsuitable, mainly because the building did not have a chapel attached. The children had to attend services at Camberwell Church, and it was concluded that, due to the inadequate seating arrangements, they were unable to hear the service. Following concern over falling subscriptions to the Society, three plans were presented at the Court meeting of 25 Sep 1816 for a reduction in its establishment, the Court opting for plan 2 and the maintenance of 45 boys and 35 girls, 30 children to be boarded at Peckham and 50 to be clothed and educated at the Town School.
Brixton Asylum in Streatham, 1828-1881
By 1828, with the increasing dilapidation of the Town School, despite its repair some ten years previously, and the imminent loss of the lease on the school in Peckham, it was decided that the Society needed to obtain a site for the erection of a new building to house the country asylum, and a fund was begun to collect donations. Although the Society was then enjoying a period of prosperity and many applications for admission, Committee members who felt that the purchase of new land would be too much of a drain on resources withdrew their support.
The Act of Incorporation, 1846, records that in 1829 John Roupell sold to the trustees of the Society, named as John Lane, Hugh Herron, Richard Walter, William Matthews, Joseph Rudge, Richard Berry and William Twinch, a piece of land (2a 2r 4p) at Brixton, in the parish of Streatham, for £2272 10s. The Court accepted the lowest tender for the erection of the new building from Messrs Young and Son of Eagle Street, Red Lion Square, London at a sum of £3574. The new building, to be completed and furnished within seven months, was under construction by July 1829, to the south east of what is now the junction of Streatham Hill with Brixton Hill, almost directly opposite Telford Avenue, and became known as the Brixton or country asylum. Described as an irregular building of brick (Kelly's Directory, 1882), it opened in March 1830 with accommodation for a matron, master, mistress, 100 boys and 50 girls, at a total expense of some £12,000. In 1834 the General Court decreed that children elected to the asylum might be from any part of the British Isles or other countries.
By 1838 it was decided that the accommodation was inadequate, and new schoolrooms were added. Further work on enlarging the building at Streatham began in 1855, at a cost of £4000, and in 1859 the country establishment consisted of a matron, headmaster, second and third masters, three assistant teachers, a governess and assistant, 155 boys and 82 girls. By the mid 19th century, facilities at the asylum included a reading room, library and museum. In 1865 the Royal Albert Wing was added to the structure, at a cost, exclusive of fittings, of over £6000. By 1882 it accommodated 200 boys and 140 girls. There is an illustration of the asylum in Streatham, Pictures from the Past (published by the Streatham Society, 1983).
During the mid 19th century children were educated according to the Madras System, boys until the age of fourteen and girls until the age of fifteen. In 1859, boys at the Asylum and School were provided with a 'good commercial education' and rudimentary instruction in the classics, mathematics and French, while girls received education in English, French, drawing and domestic duties. Above all, the 'principal care, however, is with the moral training of the children'. From 1840, annual meetings of those previously educated by the Society were held, for the girls in May and the boys in June.
Asylum, Redhill, 1881-1919
In 1880 it was decided to move the Asylum to more spacious and rural surroundings, and in 1881 a site of about 20 acres was purchased at Redhill, close to the station. The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of the chapel, separate from the main building and seating 600, in July 1884. This ceremony had strong links with masonic traditions, presided over by the Prince, himself Most Worshipful the Grand Master, and attended by eminent freemasons who had links with the Society and the nearby Royal Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, of which they had laid the foundation stone. The Mayor of Reigate, Robert Field, was also present and was hurriedly initiated 'in order that that gentleman might be raised prior to the coming of HRH the Prince of Wales'. The details are recorded in Surrey Lodge 416, A History of the Lodge and its Extinct Predecessor (1960) by W Bro Lawrence Dulake.
The substantial building, designed by Messrs Crickmay and Sons of Parliament Street, Westminster, to accommodate 400 children, was opened in 1885 at a cost of £35,000. The school's plan resembled the letter H, the central part for the administrative offices and the two wings for the boys' and girls' in separate accommodation. Schoolrooms were located on the ground floor, with dormitories on the first and second floors, servants' bedrooms on the third floor, and the kitchen and storerooms in the basement.
Facilities included the reading room, library and museum, with a gymnasium, swimming pool, cricket pitch, and water supplied from a well on the premises. The detached infirmary housed 50 beds, and a special isolated infirmary provided for cases of contagious disease. In 1896, the staff comprised a head master, six assistant teachers, French master, drill sergeant, a head governess and seven assistants, French, German and music governesses, a chaplain and a matron and two seamstresses to attend to 240 boys and 160 girls. Girls were enabled to remain at the school to the age of17 on payment of the necessary sum. As before, members of the public were permitted to inspect the Asylum on obtaining a card of admission from a Committee member or warden.
In 1912 it was recommended that, as an important step towards attracting a better class of children, probably in terms of educational potential, the name would be changed to 'St Anne's Schools', 'Anne' being the form of that name particularly prevalent in the early 20th century. It was also recommended that fee-paying children be taken in. A detailed picture of the school immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I, particularly with regard to provision for education, is given in the report of the inspection by the Board of Education in June 1914 (see -/5/7).
Closure of the school and introduction of the new scheme, 1918-1990s
During World War I subscriptions to the Society were much depleted while the cost of maintaining the school increased. In 1918 the school catered for 124 boys and 106 girls and had a deficit, stated in its appeal of 1918, of some £6500. Various appeals throughout the War and after, including one to raise £50,000 in 1919, proved unsuccessful and it was decided, with the approval of the Board of Education, to discontinue the school at Redhill and to sell the property. Suggestions for the use of the buildings, including the possibility of its use by the Ministry of Labour as a home for disabled soldiers, proved unsuitable and Messrs Daniel Watney and Sons, auctioneers, surveyors and land agents, who valued the premises at £60,000, recommended the sale of the property by auction.
The resulting attempt to sell the property by auction in October 1920 was unsuccessful. The illustrated sale particulars, -/5/8, describe the property (17a 2r 16p) in detail, including the accommodation by floor, with the dining room, capable of seating 600, the infirmary and isolation hospital, head master's and gardener's residences. In March 1921 another auction was held over a period of four days, this time of the furniture and contents, including over 400 iron frame bedsteads, complete with bedlinen including 1500 blankets, a dentist's consulting chair and 21 Broadwood pianos, the most valuable of which sold for £45. The annotated sale particulars, -/5/8, record that the contents fetched £2828 9s.
Although the Board of Education recommended in 1922 that the site should be sold for not less than £30,000, protracted negotiations, including those with Middlesex County Council, led finally to the sale of the site in 1926 to the Foundling Hospital for £25,500. In 1936 the building was purchased by the Public Assistance Committee, Surrey County Council, for the use of Reigate Poor Law Institution, and was renamed St Anne's. It later became a home for the elderly. Some of the buildings are still in existence today, though in 1975, when the main building was still in use as a home for the elderly, one of the buildings in the grounds used to house destitute families was badly damaged by fire.
It was not considered possible for the Society to continue funding their own institution, and in 1929 it was decided that, under a new scheme approved by the High Court, Chancery Division, it should provide financial assistance towards children's education at schools approved by the Committee. The funds provided by the Royal Medical Benevolent College, later Epsom College, and by Partis College in Bath, Avon, which had provided funds for the maintenance and education of a number of children at the school in Redhill, were used to support children in schools approved by the Society.
Since this date, the Society's chief function has been to award grants to 'provide clothing, maintenance and education for children of parents who have seen better days', and who are unable to meet the cost of private education. Many of the children assisted are from clergy missionary and army families. The grants are provided for the education of children from the age of eleven until the end of their secondary education, in schools chosen by the parents. By 1930, 40 children were receiving assistance, and by the 1980s it was estimated that some 250,000 children had been assisted by the Society since its inception. The Society's headquarters are now based at King Edward's School, Witley, Godalming.
-The records - Related records For sale particulars, with illustrated colour plan of the buildings at Redhill formerly used by St Ann's Society, later occupied by Foundling Hospital Schools, 1934, see SP13/-; for a plan of the buildings at Redhill, 1950, see CC187/3.
-Access Conditions Records containing information of a personal nature are closed to public inspection for 100 years. All records are closed for 30 years.
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series: 6239/1/ - COURT AND COMMITTEE Date: 1715-1977 sub series: 6239/1/ - Minutes of Court Meetings Scope: The earliest minutes are those of 'general', 'extra general' or more usually of 'general quarterly' meetings, to appoint new trustees, appoint and pay staff, admit children and declare vacancies. Any new addition to the children's clothing allowance is also noted. The minutes record the Society's investments, subscribers and their addresses, and changes to the rules and orders of the Society. From the late 18th century copies of significant correspondence are also entered in the minutes, and from the early 19th century the ballot results are included in detail, and appeals to the public are transcribed in full. Until the mid 19th century, the minutes are signed by the secretary, and the names of the stewards are recorded. After this date minutes are signed by the chairman. Nothing in the earliest surviving minutes indicates that these are of the first Court meeting, so it appears that these have not survived. From the early 19th century lengthy reports by the Committee to the Court relating to the domestic and financial affairs of the Society are entered. Date: 1760-1911 Court minute book ... Title Court minute book Reference 6239/1/1 Unit Date 7 May 1760 - 2 Feb 1780 Start Date 17600507 End Date 17800202 Court and Committee minute book. Includes decision at a Committee me... Title Court and Committee minute book. Includes decision at a Committee meeting of 16 Feb 1780 that 20 children could be supported by present funds, and that subscribers would henceforth be known as governors. Indexed Reference 6239/1/2 Unit Date 22 Dec 1779 - 26 Mar 1794 Start Date 17791222 End Date 17940326 Court minute book. At a meeting of 24 Mar 1813 a letter was read fro... Title Court minute book. At a meeting of 24 Mar 1813 a letter was read from Edward, Duke of Kent, agreeing to become patron Reference 6239/1/3 Unit Date 24 Apr 1794 - 20 Sep 1825 Start Date 17940424 End Date 18250920 Court minute book ... Title Court minute book Reference 6239/1/4 Unit Date 31 Oct 1825 - 19 Jun 1837 Start Date 18251031 End Date 18370619 Court minute book ... Title Court minute book Reference 6239/1/5 Unit Date 10 Aug 1837 - 10 Aug 1866 Start Date 18370810 End Date 18660810 Court minute book ... Title Court minute book Reference 6239/1/6 Unit Date 8 Feb 1867 - 1 Jun 1911 Start Date 18670208 End Date 19110601
sub series: 6239/1/ - Minutes of Committee Meetings Scope: Minutes prior to Mar 1715 appear to have been lost. Committee meetings were usually held every month, and the girls and boys were 'examined' at alternate meetings; there is no indication as to the manner of the examination. The names of those pupils admitted to the school, and discharged or warned for non-attendance are recorded, together with those apprenticed and to whom. The earliest minutes, to about 1785, are not signed, though they do on occasion record the signatures of the two stewards responsible for the funds of the Society; after this date they may be signed by the secretary, and from the mid 19th century minutes are signed by the chairman. Business referred to includes the nature of the society's investments and bequests and staff vacancies and appointments. For minutes of Committee meetings, 1779-1794 see -/1/2, which also contains Court minutes. Date: 1715-1977 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/7 Unit Date 31 Mar 1715 - 2 Nov 1737 Start Date 17150331 End Date 17371102 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/8 Unit Date 30 Nov 1737 - 28 Apr 1756 Start Date 17371130 End Date 17560428 Committee minute book. An entry in the minutes of 29 Aug 1764 record... Title Committee minute book. An entry in the minutes of 29 Aug 1764 records the apprenticeship of Thomas Crook to Mr Simpson, gunner on an Indiaman. A special meeting was called on 4 Sep to examine parents on the reasons for the absence of their children from school Reference 6239/1/9 Unit Date 28 Jul 1756 - 24 Nov 1779 Start Date 17560728 End Date 17791124 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/10 Unit Date 27 Mar 1794 - 31 Aug 1808 Start Date 17940327 End Date 18080831 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/11 Unit Date 28 Sep 1808 - 30 Jun 1824 Start Date 18080928 End Date 18240630 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/12 Unit Date 7 Jul 1824 - 27 Feb 1828 Start Date 18240707 End Date 18280227 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/13 Unit Date 26 Mar 1828 - 8 Jul 1829 Start Date 18280326 End Date 18290708 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/14 Unit Date 13 Jul 1829 - 24 Nov 1830 Start Date 18290713 End Date 18301124 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/15 Unit Date 6 Dec 1830 - 27 Mar 1832 Start Date 18301206 End Date 18320327 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/16 Unit Date 28 Mar 1832 - 27 Nov 1833 Start Date 18320328 End Date 18331127 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/17 Unit Date 9 Dec 1833 - 27 Jul 1837 Start Date 18331209 End Date 18370727 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/18 Unit Date 31 Aug 1837 - 30 Nov 1843 Start Date 18370831 End Date 18431130 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/19 Unit Date 30 Nov 1843 - 8 Dec 1851 Start Date 18431130 End Date 18511208 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/20 Unit Date 19 Dec 1851 - 25 Jul 1861 Start Date 18511219 End Date 18610725 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/21 Unit Date 26 Aug 1861 - 15 Dec 1870 Start Date 18610826 End Date 18701215 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/22 Unit Date 26 Jan 1871 - 23 Dec 1880 Start Date 18710126 End Date 18801223 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/23 Unit Date 27 Jan 1881 - 21 Dec 1893 Start Date 18810127 End Date 18931221 Committee minute book, including minutes of the Special Sub-Committee... Title Committee minute book, including minutes of the Special Sub-Committee appointed to investigate poor results obtained in the Boys' Cambridge Local Examinations, Dec 1895. Indexed Reference 6239/1/24 Unit Date 25 Jan 1894 - 20 Jan 1898 Start Date 18940125 End Date 18980120 Committee minute book. Indexed ... Title Committee minute book. Indexed Reference 6239/1/25 Unit Date 27 Jan 1898 - 23 Dec 1902 Start Date 18980127 End Date 19021223 Committee minute book, including minutes of the sub-Committee appoint... Title Committee minute book, including minutes of the sub-Committee appointed in 1912 to consider changes to the rules of the Society. Indexed Reference 6239/1/26 Unit Date 29 Jan 1903 - 27 Sep 1917 Start Date 19030129 End Date 19170927 Committee minute book, including minutes of the Selection Committee f... Title Committee minute book, including minutes of the Selection Committee from 27 Nov 1929. Indexed Reference 6239/1/27 Unit Date 18 Oct 1917 - 21 Jun 1933 Start Date 19171018 End Date 19330621 Committee minute book. Indexed ... Title Committee minute book. Indexed Reference 6239/1/28 Unit Date 8 Nov 1933 - 25 Feb 1953 Start Date 19331108 End Date 19530225 Committee minute book ... Title Committee minute book Reference 6239/1/29 Unit Date 6 Jun 1953 - 30 Jun 1977 Start Date 19530606 End Date 19770630
sub series: 6239/1/ - Court and Committee rough minute books Date: 1787-1843 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/30 Unit Date 25 Jul 1787 - 26 Oct 1791 Start Date 17870725 End Date 17911026 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/31 Unit Date 16 Nov 1791 - 26 Mar 1794 Start Date 17911116 End Date 17940326 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/32 Unit Date 27 Mar 1794 - 24 Dec 1800 Start Date 17940327 End Date 18001224 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/33 Unit Date 7 Jan 1801 - 28 Aug 1811 Start Date 18010107 End Date 18110828 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/34 Unit Date 25 Sep 1811 - 25 Aug 1819 Start Date 18110925 End Date 18190825 Court and Committee rough minute book. With insert, listing the name... Title Court and Committee rough minute book. With insert, listing the names of children at the country and town school, when and by whom presented and date of leaving, as at 26 Feb 1825 Reference 6239/1/35 Unit Date 22 Sep 1819 - 18 Apr 1826 Start Date 18190922 End Date 18260418 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/36 Unit Date 26 Apr 1826 - 10 Dec 1828 Start Date 18260426 End Date 18281210 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/37 Unit Date 31 Dec 1828 - 31 Mar 1830 Start Date 18281231 End Date 18300331 Court and Committee rough minute book, entitled Secretary's draft min... Title Court and Committee rough minute book, entitled Secretary's draft minute book Reference 6239/1/38 Unit Date 28 Mar 1832 - 13 Jul 1836 Start Date 18320328 End Date 18360713 Court and Committee rough minute book ... Title Court and Committee rough minute book Reference 6239/1/39 Unit Date 18 Jul 1836 - 31 Aug 1843 Start Date 18360718 End Date 18430831
sub series: 6239/1/ - Agenda books Date: 1947-1975 Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol ... Title Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol Reference 6239/1/40 Unit Date 5 Mar 1947 - 17 Jun 1954 Start Date 19470305 End Date 19540617 Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol ... Title Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol Reference 6239/1/41 Unit Date 14 Oct 1954 - 6 Jun 1963 Start Date 19541014 End Date 19630606 Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol ... Title Agenda of meetings of the Committee and Court. 1 vol Reference 6239/1/42 Unit Date 17 Oct 1963 - 9 Oct 1975 Start Date 19631017 End Date 19751009
sub series: 6239/1/ - Attendance register Date: 1914-1967 Attendance register, recording signatures of those attending Court, C... Title Attendance register, recording signatures of those attending Court, Committee and sub-Committee meetings Reference 6239/1/43 Unit Date Jan 1914 - Oct 1967 Start Date 19140100 End Date 19671000
sub series: 6239/1/ - Wardens' Committee minute book Scope: The five wardens or house stewards were chosen annually from members of the Committee, and superintended the general management of the school at Redhill. Date: 1896-1910 Wardens' meetings signed minute book. Other minutes, referred to in ... Title Wardens' meetings signed minute book. Other minutes, referred to in Committee minutes, are lost. The minutes deal with building maintenance, management of staff, curriculum and dietary arrangements. Indexed Reference 6239/1/44 Unit Date 28 Jan 1896 - 13 Dec 1910 Start Date 18960128 End Date 19101213
sub series: 6239/1/ - Selection Committee minute book Date: 1931-1945 Signed Selection Committee minute book. The Selection Committee, whi... Title Signed Selection Committee minute book. The Selection Committee, which operated from the 1920s, inquired into the applications made to the Society for assistance, and considered the schools to which the candidates, if selected, should be sent. Names of recommended candidates were then passed on to the Court for approval. Earlier minutes are entered in the Committee minute books, and later the business of the Committee appears to have been taken over by the main Committee Reference 6239/1/45 Unit Date 15 Jul 1931 - 6 Nov 1945 Start Date 19310715 End Date 19451106
series: 6239/2/ - SECRETARY'S LISTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS Date: 1830-1916 sub series: 6239/2/ - Secretary's Lists Scope: The printed Secretary's Lists give the names of the president, vice presidents, patrons, Committee members, officers and governors, usually annotated; and receipts and expenditure, including legacies and bequests and annual accounts. In most lists (exceptions are indicated below) the circumstances of all children resident at the school and asylum are given: name, date of birth, size of family, occupation of father, place of origin and date of election or admission by purchase. These details may be annotated, by the secretary, with the child's leaving date. Sections on the history of the Society, which appear in the annual reports, are not always be included. Date: 1830-1916 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/1 Unit Date 1830 Start Date 18300101 End Date 18301231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/2 Unit Date 1831 Start Date 18310101 End Date 18311231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/3 Unit Date 1833 Start Date 18330101 End Date 18331231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/4 Unit Date 1834 Start Date 18340101 End Date 18341231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/5 Unit Date 1835 Start Date 18350101 End Date 18351231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/6 Unit Date 1836 Start Date 18360101 End Date 18361231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/7 Unit Date 1837 Start Date 18370101 End Date 18371231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/8 Unit Date 1838 Start Date 18380101 End Date 18381231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/9 Unit Date 1839 Start Date 18390101 End Date 18391231 Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/10 Unit Date 1840 Start Date 18400101 End Date 18401231 Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/11 Unit Date 1841 Start Date 18410101 End Date 18411231 Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/12 Unit Date 1842 Start Date 18420101 End Date 18421231 Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/13 Unit Date 1843 Start Date 18430101 End Date 18431231 Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. Some dates of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/14 Unit Date 1844 Start Date 18440101 End Date 18441231 Secretary's List. Most dates of birth of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. Most dates of birth of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/15 Unit Date 1845 Start Date 18450101 End Date 18451231 Secretary's List. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/16 Unit Date 1846 Start Date 18460101 End Date 18461231 Secretary's List. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/17 Unit Date 1847 Start Date 18470101 End Date 18471231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/18 Unit Date 1848 Start Date 18480101 End Date 18481231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/19 Unit Date 1849 Start Date 18490101 End Date 18491231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/20 Unit Date 1850 Start Date 18500101 End Date 18501231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/21 Unit Date 1851 Start Date 18510101 End Date 18511231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/22 Unit Date 1852 Start Date 18520101 End Date 18521231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/23 Unit Date 1853 Start Date 18530101 End Date 18531231 Secretary's List. No date of election and circumstances of children.... Title Secretary's List. No date of election and circumstances of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/24 Unit Date 1854 Start Date 18540101 End Date 18541231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/25 Unit Date 1855 Start Date 18550101 End Date 18551231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/26 Unit Date 1856 Start Date 18560101 End Date 18561231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/27 Unit Date 1857 Start Date 18570101 End Date 18571231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/28 Unit Date 1858 Start Date 18580101 End Date 18581231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/29 Unit Date 1859 Start Date 18590101 End Date 18591231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/30 Unit Date 1861 Start Date 18610101 End Date 18611231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/31 Unit Date 1862 Start Date 18620101 End Date 18621231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/32 Unit Date 1863 Start Date 18630101 End Date 18631231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/33 Unit Date 1864 Start Date 18640101 End Date 18641231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/34 Unit Date 1865 Start Date 18650101 End Date 18651231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/35 Unit Date 1866 Start Date 18660101 End Date 18661231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/36 Unit Date 1867 Start Date 18670101 End Date 18671231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/37 Unit Date 1868 Start Date 18680101 End Date 18681231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/38 Unit Date 1869 Start Date 18690101 End Date 18691231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/39 Unit Date 1870 Start Date 18700101 End Date 18701231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/40 Unit Date 1871-1872 Start Date 18710101 End Date 18721231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/41 Unit Date 1873-1874 Start Date 18730101 End Date 18741231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/42 Unit Date 1875-1876 Start Date 18750101 End Date 18761231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/43 Unit Date 1877-1878 Start Date 18770101 End Date 18781231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/44 Unit Date 1879 Start Date 18790101 End Date 18791231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/45 Unit Date 1880 Start Date 18800101 End Date 18801231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/46 Unit Date 1882 Start Date 18820101 End Date 18821231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/47 Unit Date 1883 Start Date 18830101 End Date 18831231 Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No children recorded. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/48 Unit Date 1884 Start Date 18840101 End Date 18841231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/49 Unit Date 1885 Start Date 18850101 End Date 18851231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/50 Unit Date 1886 Start Date 18860101 End Date 18861231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/51 Unit Date 1887 Start Date 18870101 End Date 18871231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/52 Unit Date 1890 Start Date 18900101 End Date 18901231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/53 Unit Date 1891 Start Date 18910101 End Date 18911231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/54 Unit Date 1892 Start Date 18920101 End Date 18921231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/55 Unit Date 1893 Start Date 18930101 End Date 18931231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/56 Unit Date 1894 Start Date 18940101 End Date 18941231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/57 Unit Date 1895 Start Date 18950101 End Date 18951231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/58 Unit Date 1896 Start Date 18960101 End Date 18961231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/59 Unit Date 1897 Start Date 18970101 End Date 18971231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/60 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/61 Unit Date 1899 Start Date 18990101 End Date 18991231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/62 Unit Date 1900 Start Date 19000101 End Date 19001231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/63 Unit Date 1901 Start Date 19010101 End Date 19011231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/64 Unit Date 1902 Start Date 19020101 End Date 19021231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/65 Unit Date 1903 Start Date 19030101 End Date 19031231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/66 Unit Date 1904 Start Date 19040101 End Date 19041231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/67 Unit Date 1905 Start Date 19050101 End Date 19051231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/68 Unit Date 1906 Start Date 19060101 End Date 19061231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/69 Unit Date 1907 Start Date 19070101 End Date 19071231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/70 Unit Date 1908 Start Date 19080101 End Date 19081231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/71 Unit Date 1910 Start Date 19100101 End Date 19101231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/72 Unit Date 1911 Start Date 19110101 End Date 19111231 Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol ... Title Secretary's List. No date of election of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/73 Unit Date 1912 Start Date 19120101 End Date 19121231 Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1... Title Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/74 Unit Date 1913 Start Date 19130101 End Date 19131231 Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1... Title Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/75 Unit Date 1914 Start Date 19140101 End Date 19141231 Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1... Title Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/76 Unit Date 1915 Start Date 19150101 End Date 19151231 Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1... Title Secretary's List. No information on family or origin of children. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/77 Unit Date 1916 Start Date 19160101 End Date 19161231
sub series: 6239/2/ - Annual Reports Scope: The annual reports contain much the same information as the Secretary's Lists, giving the names of patrons, governors and Committee members; receipts and expenditure; rules of the Society and duties of staff; circumstances of children resident at the school and asylum; and brief history of the Society. Date: 1891-1915 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/78 Unit Date 1891 Start Date 18910101 End Date 18911231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/79 Unit Date 1893 Start Date 18930101 End Date 18931231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/80 Unit Date 1894 Start Date 18940101 End Date 18941231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/81 Unit Date 1895 Start Date 18950101 End Date 18951231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/82 Unit Date 1896 Start Date 18960101 End Date 18961231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/83 Unit Date 1897 Start Date 18970101 End Date 18971231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/84 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/85 Unit Date 1899 Start Date 18990101 End Date 18991231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/86 Unit Date 1900 Start Date 19000101 End Date 19001231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/87 Unit Date 1901 Start Date 19010101 End Date 19011231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/88 Unit Date 1902 Start Date 19020101 End Date 19021231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/89 Unit Date 1903 Start Date 19030101 End Date 19031231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/90 Unit Date 1904 Start Date 19040101 End Date 19041231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/91 Unit Date 1905 Start Date 19050101 End Date 19051231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/92 Unit Date 1906 Start Date 19060101 End Date 19061231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/93 Unit Date 1907 Start Date 19070101 End Date 19071231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/94 Unit Date 1908 Start Date 19080101 End Date 19081231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/95 Unit Date 1909 Start Date 19090101 End Date 19091231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/96 Unit Date 1910 Start Date 19100101 End Date 19101231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/97 Unit Date 1911 Start Date 19110101 End Date 19111231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/98 Unit Date 1912 Start Date 19120101 End Date 19121231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/99 Unit Date 1913 Start Date 19130101 End Date 19131231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/100 Unit Date 1914 Start Date 19140101 End Date 19141231 Annual report. 1 vol ... Title Annual report. 1 vol Reference 6239/2/101 Unit Date 1915 Start Date 19150101 End Date 19151231
series: 6239/3/ - FINANCE Date: 1885-1983 sub series: 6239/3/ - Ledgers Date: 1942-1983 Ledger. 1 vol ... Title Ledger. 1 vol Reference 6239/3/1 Unit Date 1942-1960 Start Date 19420101 End Date 19601231 Ledger. 1 vol ... Title Ledger. 1 vol Reference 6239/3/2 Unit Date 1961-1968 Start Date 19610101 End Date 19681231 Loose pages from ledger. 1 file ... Title Loose pages from ledger. 1 file Reference 6239/3/3 Unit Date 1969-1983 Start Date 19690101 End Date 19831231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Children's ledgers Date: 1942-1981 Children's ledger. Contains entries relating to children funded by t... Title Children's ledger. Contains entries relating to children funded by the Society, including name and age of child, school and amount of funding. Indexed. 1 vol Reference 6239/3/4 Unit Date 1942-1951 Start Date 19420101 End Date 19511231 Children's ledger ... Title Children's ledger Reference 6239/3/5 Unit Date 1952-1957 Start Date 19520101 End Date 19571231 Children's ledger ... Title Children's ledger Reference 6239/3/6 Unit Date 1958-1968 Start Date 19580101 End Date 19681231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Audit book Date: 1955-1981 Audit Book, including name of child, school and grant ... Title Audit Book, including name of child, school and grant Reference 6239/3/7 Unit Date 1955-1981 Start Date 19550101 End Date 19811231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Cash books Date: 1953-1975 Cash book. 1 vol ... Title Cash book. 1 vol Reference 6239/3/8 Unit Date 1953-1962 Start Date 19530101 End Date 19621231 Cash book. 1 vol ... Title Cash book. 1 vol Reference 6239/3/9 Unit Date 1963-1975 Start Date 19630101 End Date 19751231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Epsom College and Partis College cash books Scope: During the mid 19th century, Partis College in Bath secured the right, following the donation of £3000 by Mrs Partis, to keep in perpetuity two boys and two girls at the asylum. The council of the Royal Medical Benevolent College, Epsom, later renamed Epsom College, also secured the privilege of keeping a number of girls (in 1885 three girls, later eleven) who were daughters of medical practitioners at the asylum. After the introduction of the new scheme and closure of the asylum at Redhill, the money available was used to fund the education of children in schools approved by the Society. Date: 1931-1969 Epsom College cash book ... Title Epsom College cash book Reference 6239/3/10 Unit Date 1931-1969 Start Date 19310101 End Date 19691231 Partis College cash book ... Title Partis College cash book Reference 6239/3/11 Unit Date 1931-1969 Start Date 19310101 End Date 19691231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Subscription registers Date: 1953-1969 Subscription register. Indexed ... Title Subscription register. Indexed Reference 6239/3/12 Unit Date 1953-1960 Start Date 19530101 End Date 19601231 Subscription register. Indexed ... Title Subscription register. Indexed Reference 6239/3/13 Unit Date 1961-1967 Start Date 19610101 End Date 19671231 Subscription register. Indexed ... Title Subscription register. Indexed Reference 6239/3/14 Unit Date 1968-1969 Start Date 19680101 End Date 19691231
sub series: 6239/3/ - Papers relating to Legacies, Bequests and Investments Date: 1885-1961 Register of legacies, including name, amount of legacy, executors, so... Title Register of legacies, including name, amount of legacy, executors, solicitors and other details of will. Indexed Reference 6239/3/15 Unit Date 1885-1943 Start Date 18850101 End Date 19431231 Correspondence relating to finance and investments, including schedul... Title Correspondence relating to finance and investments, including schedule of investments, 1921; income and expenditure accounts, 1919 and 1934; balance sheets for expenditure on school property at Redhill, 1881-1887; life presentations, 1927-1928; and correspondence with Lloyds Bank, Lombard Street, London, 1919-1946. 1 file Reference 6239/3/16 Unit Date 1911-1961 Start Date 19110101 End Date 19611231
series: 6239/4/ - ST ANN'S SCHOOL, ALDERSGATE AND REDHILL Date: 1826-1940 sub series: 6239/4/ - General Date: 19th cent Schedule of deeds held by the Society's bankers, Lloyd's, recording d... Title Schedule of deeds held by the Society's bankers, Lloyd's, recording deeds and legal papers relating to land in Redhill, Streatham, Peckham and the Town School in Aldersgate, London, 1718-1887 Reference 6239/4/1 Unit Date nd [late 19th cent] Start Date 18670101 End Date 18991231
sub series: 6239/4/ - Aldersgate Date: 1826-1867 Lease by the Revd John Hutchins, rector, and Samuel Foxall and John A... Title Lease by the Revd John Hutchins, rector, and Samuel Foxall and John Allen, churchwardens of the parish of St Ann and St Agnes and St John Zachary, Aldersgate, to trustees of St Ann's Society Schools of land on the north side of St Ann's Lane, measuring on the south side 20' 7", on the east 30', on the north 17' 7" and on the west, adjoining the churchyard, 24' 6" with buildings for 61 years from 25 Dec 1825 at £10 pa Reference 6239/4/2 Unit Date 19 Apr 1826 Start Date 18260419 End Date 18260419 Lease by the Rev John Vidgen Povah, rector, and John Faulkner the you... Title Lease by the Rev John Vidgen Povah, rector, and John Faulkner the younger of 62 St Martin le Grand, London, ironmonger, and John Beddoe of 31 Noble Street, London, churchwardens of the parish of St Ann and St Agnes and St John Zachary, Aldersgate, to the officers of St Ann's Society Schools, of the parcel of land in St Ann's Lane with buildings, recently used as an engine house, for 19 years 6 months at £10 pa. The Society is permitted to make changes to the property, if required, so that it may be similar to the one rented by the Society from the Church since Apr 1826, at 4 St Ann's Lane Reference 6239/4/3 Unit Date 1 Nov 1867 Start Date 18671101 End Date 18671101
sub series: 6239/4/ - Redhill Date: 1884-1940 Glass phial from the foundation stone of the chapel, containing an An... Title Glass phial from the foundation stone of the chapel, containing an Annual Report of the Society, order of ceremony for the laying to the foundation stone by the Prince of Wales and a newspaper cutting Reference 6239/4/4 Unit Date 1884 Start Date 18840101 End Date 18841231 Copy correspondence with the Revd Henry Brass, incumbent at St Matthe... Title Copy correspondence with the Revd Henry Brass, incumbent at St Matthew, Redhill, concerning the dispute over the contributions paid by the Society from collections made in the school's chapel to charities in Redhill, with legal opinion on the matter by Redpath, Holdsworth and Marshall. 1 file Reference 6239/4/5 Unit Date 1886-1897 Start Date 18860101 End Date 18971231 Card index, arranged alphabetically for surnames I-Z only, some cards... Title Card index, arranged alphabetically for surnames I-Z only, some cards for surnames A-H but incomplete, of children elected to the Asylum or admitted by purchase. Details of children and circumstances are those extracted from annual reports Reference 6239/4/6 Unit Date 1910-1917 Start Date 19100101 End Date 19171231 Printed papers relating to St Ann's School, including polling papers,... Title Printed papers relating to St Ann's School, including polling papers, 1913; annotated programme for distribution of school prizes, 1915; appeals for donations and forms for attendance at meetings Reference 6239/4/7 Unit Date 1913-1940 Start Date 19130101 End Date 19401231 Report of Inspection by the Board of Education of the School at Redhi... Title Report of Inspection by the Board of Education of the School at Redhill on 3-5 Jun 1914. The Report records in detail arrangements for admission, leaving, finance, accommodation, staff and curriculum. 1 file Reference 6239/4/8 Unit Date Jun 1914 Start Date 19140600 End Date 19140600 Papers relating to the sale of property at Redhill, including sale pa... Title Papers relating to the sale of property at Redhill, including sale particulars for auction of the land and buildings (17a 2r 16p) to be conducted by Daniel Watney and Sons at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, EC2 on 28 Oct 1920 and auction particulars for sale of furniture and contents, 14 Mar 1921, by Watney as above. 1 file Reference 6239/4/9 Unit Date 1919-1921 Start Date 19190101 End Date 19211231 Names and addresses of children resident at the schools and those sti... Title Names and addresses of children resident at the schools and those still maintained by the Society on the closure of the schools. 1 file Reference 6239/4/10 Unit Date 1919-1922 Start Date 19190101 End Date 19221231 Correspondence with the Foundling Hospital and Board of Education rel... Title Correspondence with the Foundling Hospital and Board of Education relating to the sale of property at Redhill to the Hospital in 1925, including relating to the future employment of former employees. 1 file Reference 6239/4/11 Unit Date 1923-1928 Start Date 19230101 End Date 19281231
series: 6239/5/ - THE NEW SCHEME Date: 1912-1993 Correspondence with Epsom College, mainly concerning the new scheme. ... Title Correspondence with Epsom College, mainly concerning the new scheme. The College, established in 1855 as a public school, presented children to the Society's school until it closed, after which time it subsidised the education of children in schools approved by the Society. 1 file Reference 6239/5/1 Unit Date 1912-1931 Start Date 19120101 End Date 19311231 Papers relating to the introduction of the new scheme and rules for t... Title Papers relating to the introduction of the new scheme and rules for the management of the Society including draft schemes and suggested new rules. 1 file Reference 6239/5/2 Unit Date 1926-1929 Start Date 19260101 End Date 19291231 Papers, arranged alphabetically, relating to applications for assista... Title Papers, arranged alphabetically, relating to applications for assistance, including forms and correspondence. 26 files Reference 6239/5/3 Unit Date 1930s-1970s Start Date 19300101 End Date 19791231 Papers, arranged alphabetically, relating to applications for assista... Title Papers, arranged alphabetically, relating to applications for assistance, including forms and correspondence. 4 files Reference 6239/5/4 Unit Date 1970s-1993 Start Date 19700101 End Date 19931231 Army Service Cases register, including name and address of child, dat... Title Army Service Cases register, including name and address of child, date of birth, amount of scholarship per annum, father's rank and regiment and his present position. Arranged by number, beginning 744, so earlier volume(s) appear to be missing Reference 6239/5/5 Unit Date 1945-1969 Start Date 19450101 End Date 19691231 Correspondence with the Army Benevolent Fund. 1 file ... Title Correspondence with the Army Benevolent Fund. 1 file Reference 6239/5/6 Unit Date 1945-1969 Start Date 19450101 End Date 19691231 Correspondence with the Army and Royal Air Force Benevolent Funds. 1... Title Correspondence with the Army and Royal Air Force Benevolent Funds. 1 file Reference 6239/5/7 Unit Date 1969-1993 Start Date 19690101 End Date 19931231 Address book, recording names and addresses of charitable institution... Title Address book, recording names and addresses of charitable institutions assisting in provision for secondary education. 1 vol Reference 6239/5/8 Unit Date nd [1950s-1960s] Start Date 19500101 End Date 19691231
series: 6239/6/ - PHOTOGRAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS Date: 1952-1975 Signed photograph of Maj Gen H H S Knox, Chairman. Black and white ... Title Signed photograph of Maj Gen H H S Knox, Chairman. Black and white Reference 6239/6/1 Unit Date nd [early 20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19331231 Photograph of Canon C Hildyard, Chairman, taken at the coronation of ... Title Photograph of Canon C Hildyard, Chairman, taken at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Black and white Reference 6239/6/2 Unit Date 1952 Start Date 19520101 End Date 19521231 Photograph of John Grant, Secretary, 1925-1967. Black and white ... Title Photograph of John Grant, Secretary, 1925-1967. Black and white Reference 6239/6/3 Unit Date nd [1960s] Start Date 19600101 End Date 19691231 Memorial inscription to Jessie May Young, last headmistress of St Ann... Title Memorial inscription to Jessie May Young, last headmistress of St Ann's School, Redhill, 1906-1919, and founder and president of the old girls' association, St Anne's Guild, 1919-1963 Reference 6239/6/4 Unit Date nd [1960s] Start Date 19600101 End Date 19691231 Photographs of buildings at Redhill taken by Surrey County Council P... Title Photographs of buildings at Redhill taken by Surrey County Council Planning Department, including the chapel, exterior and interior, the pulpit, foundation stone and facade of the main school building. 8 photographs Reference 6239/6/5 Unit Date Jan 1975 Start Date 19750100 End Date 19750100
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