Reference code(s): GB 0218 CE.SB.7
Held at:
Title: Bishton School Board Records
Short title: Bishton School Board, records
Dates of creation: 1876-1904
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: Information to be found out
Name of creator(s): Bishton School Board
Administrative and biographical history: The records are relating to Bishton School Board. School Boards were established under the Elementary Education Act 1870 in areas with inadequate voluntary school provision and could raise a local rate to pay for new schools. The School Boards were elected bodies, empowered to levy rates and to set up and maintain schools in areas where voluntary provision was inadequate.
Scope and content: Records relating to Bishton School Board, 1876-1904.
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access: No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply
Finding aids: A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Gwent Record Office.
Detailed catalogue
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: No source recorded.
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds
Archivist's note: Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, Bishton School Board Records, catalogue.
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH
Date(s) of description: October 2005
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