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« on: Wednesday 05 November 14 16:06 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know of Mitcham Board School 1879ish where my ancestors went to school please, or where I might look for information about it.
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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 16:53 GMT (UK) »
Hi could possibly be Eagle House which stands at 224, London Road, Mitcham, it is now a special needs school, but was an orphans school and also a gentlemans school prior to this?

Have you your ancestors boarding at a school 1871/81 if so who were they?

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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 19:09 GMT (UK) »
findmyp@st has the admission records of Mitcham Board School from 1877 to 1899

Otherwise, as Keyboard86 suggests, the 1871 and 1881 censuses are worth checking.

Hope this helps
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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 19:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

A friend (sadly lost touch) used to be the senior Archivist for local history in Mitcham - she was based at Mitcham Librry - maybe a trip or call there could help.
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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 05 November 14 20:04 GMT (UK) »
findmyp@st has the admission records of Mitcham Board School from 1877 to 1899.

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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #5 on: Monday 10 November 14 19:20 GMT (UK) »
findmyp@st has the admission records of Mitcham Board School from 1877 to 1899

Otherwise, as Keyboard86 suggests, the 1871 and 1881 censuses are worth checking.

Hope this helps
Philip

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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #6 on: Monday 10 November 14 19:28 GMT (UK) »
Could this be a photo of it?

http://photoarchive.merton.gov.uk/collections/education/50936

It is now Benedict Primary School - Benedict Wharf off Church Road – formally Lower Mitcham
Board School; erected 1897 by Mitcham School Board.

A Board school wasn't a boarding school, it was just the first state run school, so the censuses would only tell you where they lived, not where they went to school.
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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #7 on: Monday 10 November 14 20:01 GMT (UK) »
That's absolutely brilliant, so thanks very much for that. One of the popular paying sites, which I won't mention for obvious reasons now has recently put school records online, which is really good. This is where I found my ancestor's school records.
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Re: Mitcham
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 01 February 15 23:23 GMT (UK) »
I had a ancestor come from Mitcham. James Warren, he got 7yrs transportation to Van Diemons Land.     Could anyone tell me Mitcham's History please?

I am in Australia.

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