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Education, Welfare and Health

A very relatable part of the history of North East Lincolnshire. We have some wonderful resources, useful for tracing ancestors or simply conjuring some school day nostalgia.

Revisit your school days

Our resources cover primary schools, secondary schools and further education for most schools in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area from the 19th and 20th centuries, including:

Press cuttings span several decades in the 20th Century and provide insightful information, whilst the school magazines, books and log books give insight into life in the school and can be useful for tracing ancestors.

North East Lincolnshire Archives

School Managers & Schools

Managers Minutes (122 Schools) from 1855.
Admission Registers (73 Schools) from 1823.
Log Books (54 schools) from 1863.
Grimsby Minutes of Education Committee and Sub Committees 1903-1974.
Grimsby School Board Minutes.
School Photographs c 1890-1990.

Grimsby Local History Library

Nunsthorpe Collection

Over 400 images depicting life at Nunsthorpe School, Grimsby, between the 1930s and 1950s. Donated to Lincs Inspire Local History Library in 2022 by the Garden City Reminiscence group.

North East Lincolnshire Archives

Brighowgate Children’s Home

All Archives from 1913 to 1959 [16/52-100].
Registers of Admission & Discharge 1920-1959 (Restricted).
Registers of Creed 1920-1938 (Restricted).
Photographs of 70 children, some named, 1920-1928. [167/11/7].
Other records include Superintendent’s Day Books, journals, receipts and payment books, provisions books.

North East Lincolnshire Archives

Scartho Road Institution [16/3-51]

All archives from 1894-1948.
Registers of Births 1895-1948 (Restricted).
Registers of Deaths 1894-1948 (Restricted).
Registers of Creed.

North East Lincolnshire Archives

Grimsby Health District [383]

Hospital Management Committee Minutes 1948-1974.
Grimsby & District Hospital (1876-1983) printed histories and memorabilia 1924-1966.
Photographs of hospitals, clinics, staff and patients in Alford, Grimsby, Louth and Osgodby, 1876-1960.
Grimsby General Hospital: management committee minutes 1906-1951; photographs of members and officers c1878-1948. Correspondence about properties including Weelsby Old Hall 1931-1938.
Laceby Isolation Hospital: Register of smallpox patients 1902-1958.
Springfield Hospital: equipment inventories 1959-1975, nurse fever training records 1961-1964.
Reports of the Medical Officers of Health for the Borough of Grimsby 1896-1972 [11/1].
Grimsby Nurse Training School: Master’s report books 1929-1948; Matron’s report book 1910-1935, Superintendent Nurse’s report book 1945-1958; staff appointment books 1925-1962; probationer and nurse log books 1931-1956; students’ records 1943-1963.
Scunthorpe Health District [380].
Frodingham Cottage Hospital: reports 1890-1929 [504].
Scunthorpe and District War Memorial Hospital, Board of Management Minutes 1930-1939.
Committee Minutes 1930-1948, various registers of patients 1919-1949, register of operations 1927-1949.

Gallery

Nunsthorpe School

Group of boys in the quad of Nunsthorpe School.

Nunsthorpe School

Tug of War competition in the quad of Nunsthorpe School. Circa mid to late 1940s.

South Parade School

Girls at South Parade School 1920s

Digital Photography Collection

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