Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, Bedwas School Board Records, catalogue.
The papers are relating to Bedwas School Board. School Boards were established under the Elementary Education Act 1870 in areas with inadequate voluntary school provision and could raise a local rate to pay for new schools. The School Boards were elected bodies, empowered to levy rates and to set up and maintain schools in areas where voluntary provision was inadequate.
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No source recorded.
Records relating to Bedwas School Board, 1884-1904.
All records have been retained
Accruals are not expected
Arranged in chronological order.
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A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Gwent Record Office.