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School Building Grant Plans
Catalogue reference: M28
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This record is about the School Building Grant Plans dating from 1841-1877.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- M28
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Title (The name of the record)
- School Building Grant Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1841-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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The collection covers applications made from 1841 to 1869.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Manchester Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Manchester Corporation, Committee of Council for Education</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 23 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Plans of Manchester Schools were transferred to the Library in October 1965, from the Department of Education and Science.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Circular No. 1, November 1839, of the newly formed Committee of Council for Education required that applications for the grant "issued in aid of Private Subscriptions for the erection of School Houses," should be accompanied by plans. Further instructions stated that the plans should be drawn to scale and indicate the dimensions of every room, the arrangement of the benches, desks, gallery and other apparatus and that a sketch of air-grates and flues should be included in the sectional drawings Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education; with appendices, and plans of school-houses, 1839-40. 1840. (Parl. 379.42 E3).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bbc2a368-85d5-4228-afe2-90d3e055bf44/
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School Building Grant Plans