The web-pages listed below have been developed from course notes which were used for two one-day workshops on school records, offered at Devon Record Office in 2002.   These pages give background information on each topic covered and describe where you can find sources relating to Devon.

• GENERAL SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION

• HISTORY OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS BEFORE 1830

• DISSENTING ACADEMIES

• GRAMMAR SCHOOLS

• CHARITY SCHOOLS

• THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY

• PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

• HISTORY OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, 1833-1869

• THE NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIETY

• OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOLS IN THE 18^TH AND 19^TH CENTURIES

• INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS

• REFORMATORY SCHOOLS

• EDUCATION AFTER 1870