Orkney School Boards
- Reference:GB 241 CO5/4-29
- Dates of Creation:1873-1976
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:7.60 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Loan certificates relating to various school boards in Orkney, 1875-1920.Records of individual school boards and their successor bodies, school management committees. The school board records usually include minutes detailing the administration of the schools in the board’s area including staff details and details about the school buildings.Birsay and Harray School Board, 1873-1919; Birsay, Harray and Sandwick Schools Council minutes, 1976-1989; Combined School Board of Cross and Burness, North Ronaldsay and Lady, 1873-1931; Eday School Board and Eday School Management Committee, 1895-1946; Evie and Rendall School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1949; Firth and Stenness School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1975; Holm School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1975; Hoy and Graemsay School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1954; Kirkwall Burgh School Board, 1863-1919; Combined School Board and School Management Committee of Kirkwall and St Ola, 1873-1975; Lady School Board, 1873-1919; Orphir School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1919; Rousay and Egilsay School Board, School Management Committee, Schools Council, 1873-1989; St Andrews and Deerness School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1966; St Ola School Board, 1873-1919; Sandwick School Board, 1873-1920; Shapinsay School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1976; South Ronaldsay and Burray School Board and School Management Committee, 1893-1970; Stomness School Board and School Management Committee, Stromness and Graemsay Schools Council, 1873-1975; Stronsay School Board, 1895-1919; Stronsay and Eday School Board, 1873-1895; Walls and Flotta School Board and School Management Committee, 1873-1975; Westray and Papa Westray School Board, 1873-1919; Westray School Management Committee, 1919-1975; Papa Westray School Management Committee, 1919-1975; Sanday School Management Committee, 1943-1975; Sandwick, Birsay and Harray School Management Committee, 1923-1976.
Access Information
Restricted; Some items may not be available for consultation due to the confidential nature of their contents: such records are normally subject to a closure of 75 years.