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Further Education Endowment Files

Catalogue reference: ED 37

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ED 37

Charity Commission and Board of Education correspondence, minutes and papers relating to the drafting of schemes and orders and the administration of further education endowments.The endowments relate to institutions providing instruction in...

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ED 37

Title
Further Education Endowment Files
Date

1854-1944

Description

Charity Commission and Board of Education correspondence, minutes and papers relating to the drafting of schemes and orders and the administration of further education endowments.

The endowments relate to institutions providing instruction in vocational, domestic, art and general subjects in the field of further education.

The files maintained their separate identity and retained Charity Commission reference numbers; they were also assigned a Board of Education reference number and became an integral part of the current series of Further Education: Endowment Files (T.1400 series).

Arrangement
Arrangement

The endowments are arranged alphabetically within county order for England and Wales; a few files concern general endowments.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Education, 1899-1944
  • Charity Commission, 1853-1853
  • Education Department, 1856-1899
Physical description

1067 file(s)

Subjects
Topics
Art, architecture and design
Charities
Labour
Education
Unpublished finding aids
Reports on some of these endowments appear in the Reports of Commissioners for Inquiring into Charities (1817-1850) (Charity Class 2), available in printed form in the Department for Education and Employment.
Administrative / biographical background

Endowments were administered under the Charitable Trusts Acts, and the Endowment School Acts.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6836/

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