Educational Societies - Links

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The British and Foreign School Society's outline Cataligue of the Collection of Documents.
The Society's Archive Centre which is located at Brunel University is a rich source of information for researchers. One of the original British Schools, at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, has been restored by Hitchin British Schools Trust to its original state: it now offers a complete experience of 19th century schooling to classes of visiting children.

The only children who went to school at the start of Queen Victoria's reign were those of wealthy parents. The children of poor families, even the very young ones, usually did some kind of work.