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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Surrey => Topic started by: Paco on Wednesday 05 November 14 16:06 GMT (UK)
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Does anyone know of Mitcham Board School 1879ish where my ancestors went to school please, or where I might look for information about it.
regards.
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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?
Keyboard86
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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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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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findmyp@st has the admission records of Mitcham Board School from 1877 to 1899.
Access to FindMyPast is free to everyone this weekend.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/freeweekend
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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
Moderator comment: please do not suggest requests for look-ups from subscription sites.
Most commercial sources have strict 'Terms of Use', which forbid publishing their data elsewhere, so asking for such look-ups is also asking people to ignore the 'Terms of Use'.
NOTE - I did not suggest asking for someone else to do a lookup!
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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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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.
regards.
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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.
jimnic.
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This might help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitcham,_London
Mitcham is South London, not far from Croydon. It used to be famous for lavender growing.
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Hi Groom, & thanks mate. Thats a good idea I never thought of that. jimnic.