Archives Service News
September 2007 - Historic Records of Deacon's School Now
Available
Peterborough Archives Service is pleased to announce the
completion of a catalogue for all the material contained within the
Deacon's School archive. Work began on the catalogue last year once
most of the archive had been transferred. It
consists of 123 pages, which is one of our largest so far!
Deacon's is one of Peterborough's oldest schools, first
opening in 1722, and the archive contains some of the original
accounts belonging to Thomas Deacon, the founder, through to
material as recent as 2006, which is just prior to the school
closing to become a part of the new state of the art Thomas Deacon
Academy. Family historians may find a record of
their relatives in the historic admissions registers or may be
lucky enough to find an ancestor pictured on one of the old school
photographs.
For a taster of what Deacon's School archive contains, you can
view an online
exhibition. The catalogue itself is also available
online.
If you are a former pupil of the school why not find out what
life at the school was like in the early days? To do so, please
contact the Archives
Service Team in advance to make an appointment.
July 2007 - School Archives
You may be up to date with
the recent closure of the following secondary schools in 
Peterborough:
- Deacons School
- Hereward Community College
- John Mansfield School
- Walton Community School
- Bretton Woods Community School
We are pleased to announce that we will be providing a home for all of the historic records from all five schools.
We will be releasing the collections for public use as quickly as possible. However, preparing these records is a time-consuming and painstaking task involving extensive repackaging and cataloguing.
The first collection ready for public consultation will be the Deacon's School Archive which dates from 1686, and comprises over 45 boxes of historic documents including the early accounts of Thomas Deacon, Admission Registers and much more.
Ancestry.com
Peterborough Libraries now subscribes to
this popular family history web site. You can find census,
birth, marriage, death records and more on
Ancestry.com.
Free acess to
Ancestry.com is unavailable at home and is only for use from
within Peterborough Libraries.
Visit the libraries online information pages for details.
Wireless
Internet Access
Wireless Internet access
is now available at the Peterborough Archives Service.
Coverage is available throughout Central Library and also at
Bretton Library.
- Free of charge
- Broadband Access
- Virus Protection Software
- Filtering Software
Please email
Library Enquiries for more information or telephone on
01733 864280 and ask for Library Enquiries.
All customer devices must
be capable of sustaining their own power as Peterborough Libraries
cannot provide access to a power supply.
The installation of Wi-Fi
has been funded by the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLA).
Peterborough Town Football Club
In November 2005 the Peterborough Archives Service was given a
photograph of the Peterborough Town Football Club Team that won the
Senior Cup in the 1904-5 season. Very little is known about the
Club although it is believed that it was formed in September 1900,
although this meeting may simply have been held to re-establish the
Club.
If anyone has any information regarding the Club or has
records relating to it, the Archives Service would love to hear
from you. Please contact us via email archives.services@peterborough.gov.uk
or phone on 01733 864280 and ask for the Archives
Service.
Find out more about donating
records to the Peterborough Archives Service.
The New Archives Store
In October 2004 Cabinet approved funding for a new archives
store to be built in part of the loading bay at the back of the
Central Library. The store was completed in February 2006 and is
now being filled up with collections. It is hoped that the
store will provide enough space for the next five years.
The store has been built to British Standard 5454:
Recommendations for the storage and exhibition of archival
documents. This means that collections stored with the Peterborough
Archives Service and kept in the best possible conditions to ensure
their long term survival.
If you have any records that you would be interested in
donating to the Peterborough Archives Service please let us know.