Records of St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 2180 TCS/F/02/081 |
Held at | : Children's Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ › |
Full title | : Records of St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex |
Date(s) | : 1947-1972 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 6 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The home was opened in 1938 as a replacement for St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London. It was closed in 1972 and the residents were moved to Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge. In 1974 the building was reopened in as a holiday home for small groups of children in the care of The Children's Society. It was sold the following year.More information about St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/PEVEN01.html
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records created and used by St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Includes the following: Minutes of the local committee, 1952-1968; Admissions registers, 1947-1972.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
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Conditions governing access:
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Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
A catalogue of records relating to St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/including_the_excluded/files/Records%20relating%20to%20St%20Agnes%20Home%20Pevensey%20Bay.pdf
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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Allied Materials
Related material:
A file of correspondence and documents relating to the use of the building as a holiday home can be found in TCS/F/07/72. Records relating to St Agnes' Hostel For Girls, Croydon, London, can be found in TCS/F/07/41 and TCS/F/08/122. Records relating to the Harvey Goodwin House Home, Cambridge, can be found in TCS/F/02/028.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry transcribed by Geoff Browell.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
August 2014
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