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Gwent Record Office

Bishton School Board Records

Reference code(s): GB 0218 CE.SB.7

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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

CONTEXT

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.

CONTENT

Scope and content: Records relating to Bishton School Board, 1876-1904.

ACCESS AND USE

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.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Immediate source of acquisition: No source recorded.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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


INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Bishton School Board | Archives

Education | Wales | Gwent

Personal names

Corporate names

Bishton School Board

Places

Bishton