Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X521
  • Title
    Records of Carlton Training School
  • Date free text
    1857-1974
  • Production date
    From: 1857 To: 1974
  • Admin/biog history
    The Bedfordshire Reformatory School for Boys was established in 1857 at School Lane, Carlton, near Bedford — its location is sometimes also given as Turvey or Sharnhall. The School was built on land owned by Mr T.C. Higgins, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions and leading proponent of the scheme. On April 9th, 1857, the premises were certified to accommodate 70 boys aged 13 to 15 who were committed by magistrates for a period of at least four years. A payment of two shillings a week was required for each boy, plus a one pound initial entrance fee. Became an Approved School in 1933 and in 1973 Bedfordshire County Council took over the premises as a Community Home with Education, which closed in the 1980s.
  • Deposit from Trustees of the Carlton School, 1975, accession number 4012 Additional deposit from Social Services Dept, Bedfordshire County Council in1982, accession number 5383
  • Please note that due to the personal nature of the information in these records much of this collection is subject to the conditions of the Data Protection Act. General restrictions are noted by the 'closed until' dates on individual items.
  • Reference
  • Level of description
    fonds
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