Hamilton Crescent School
- Reference:GB 243 D-ED7/92
- Dates of Creation:1887 - 1972
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.50 Linear Metres [26 items]
Scope and Content
Balshagray School: Log books, 1906 - 1940; Admission registers, boys, 1912 - 1924, girls, 1906 - 1927; Left registers, 1915 - 1923. Hamilton Crescent School: Log books, 1912 - 1972; Admission registers, 1899 - 1925; Lefts registers, 1921 - 1955; Admissions and lefts registers, boys, 1925 - 1929, girls, 1925 - 1928; Visitors’ book, 1887 - 1972.
Balshagray School: D-ED7/92/1
Hamilton Crescent School: D-ED7/92/2-10
Balshagray School: D-ED7/92/11-14
Administrative / Biographical History
Hamilton Crescent was renamed Fortrose Street in 1931 and at the beginning of the 21st century the school is Hyndland Primary.
The building was designed by William Landless for the Govan Parish School Board in 1887, and was originally a secondary school for up to 1,000 pupils. In 1912 many of the staff and pupil moved to Hyndland School and their alma mater became Hamilton Crescent Supplementary School. In 1927 it became Hamilton Crescent Advanced Central Public School and in 1940 Hamilton Crescent Junior Secondary. The junior secondary closed in 1972, when Hyndland Primary School in Clarence Drive was relocated to the building in Fortrose Street. Formerly Balshagray School.
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Access Information
Open
Log books closed for 50 years; admission registers closed for 30 or 75 years depending on format.
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
Corporate Names