The Elementary Education Act 1870 required parishes, or groups
of parishes, with inadequate voluntary school provision to
establish school boards, and to raise a rate to pay for new
schools. Few boards had to be created in Huntingdonshire as the
county's voluntary educational provision was already strong. The
boards were abolished in 1902, and their responsibilities inherited
by the County Council; but their records often remained with the
schools themselves, or with local parish councils.
Huntingdon Record Office holds records (mainly minute books)
of:
- Helpston (Soke of Peterborough) School Board.
- Maxey (Soke of Peterborough) School Board.
- Northborough School Board.
Northamptonshire Record Office holds:
- Helpston School Board, Stock and Stores Accounts
1892-1903.
- Maxey School Board, Tradesman's Book, 1876-1903.
- Northborough School Board, Tradesman's Book, 1875-1903 and
bundle of cheques 1901-1902.
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