Feoffees School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings from 03.08.1868 to 02.12.1850. First page 03.08.1868, then continues from fourth page 01.10.1849 to 02.12.1850

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Includes a “comment” column with entries such as: “Warned to come cleaner to school”; Does not cross a t or dot an I”; “by his father to assist in mole catching”. The final comment for August 1854 was “On this exam the Committee feel pleasure in […]

School Register 06.11.1854-07.07.1856: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. In Remarks column comments against boys names included:- “for good pronunciation this boy is unequalled in the school”; “Mother confined, Father absent”: mentioned reasons for absence – gleaning following harvest and helping their parents lifting potatoes.

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Many absences to plant/take up potatoes; harvesting, scaring birds from newly sown grain; comments included “Copy book slovenly”; “On his admission considered stupid but his progrress has been satisfactory.”; “seriously ill and his return uncertain”.

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Includes remarks:- “gone to be Power’s apprentice to learn carpentry”; “Absent for Potato planting”; “absent in the service of the vicar, if he does not remain may return to the school.” “Gone to Bristol”. 2 pupils absent with smallpox. Note:- vaccination against smallpox compulsory from 1853 […]

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. “This being Colyton Fair time has caused many boys to be absent. (October)”. “Left and gone to work at Mr Chilcots Coles Mill.”; “Gone to work at the foundry”. “Gone to the National School.”

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Comments included: “The harvest not entirely finished and many boys, pupils at the school, being employed gathering apples consequently there were only 7 boys in attendance this day.” “being sufficiently instructed for his position in life has been dismissed.” “This boy being so exceedingly stupid it […]

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings Comments include: much absence due to illness, working, helping parents, planting and picking potatoes, gleaning, “no shoes to go to school”, bad eyes. “At Branscombe with lace work” “Left apprentice to Mr Drower, Taylor” “apprentice to Mr Facey, shoemaker”.

School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Comments include: Considerable absences, many working with parents,many “no excuse” or ill. “slovenly, idle and dishonest” “working for Mr White, Foundry” “at Sidmouth”: “At Chardstock” “At Branscombe to help his Grandfather”

Proposed alterations and additions to Grammar School: Plan and elevation with specification of work to be carried out, submitted by William A. Richards of Colyton.

Colyton Grammar School:Testimonial for applicant Mr Tett, for headmaster to succeed Mr Stirling

Board of Education letter to A Edwards regarding plans submitted for Colyton Grammar School alterations.

Board of Education letter to A Edwards regarding plans submitted for Colyton Grammar School alteration

Memo to Mr Edwards, Bailiff to the Feoffees of an estimate for the costs of the alteration to the Grammar School

Colyton Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Minutes: November 1930 to December 1931 Foundation minutes including election of representatives of the governing body as appointed by the County Council, Colyton Parish Council, Seaton Urban District Council, Axminster Rural District Council, Beer Parish Council, and the Trust Parish Lands Charity. Discussion on the sale at auction of the […]

Colyton Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Minutes: January 1932 to December 1935. Agreed to put the Old Grammar School House up for sale Agreed purchase of a motor mowing machine Agreed purchase of a typewriting machine for educational purposes from Imperial Typewriter Co.Ltd. Agreed to buy a radiogram for school use.

Colyton Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Minutes: January 1936 to December 1939

Colyton Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Minutes: January 1940 to December 1944, including Finance Committee meetings. 34 total meetings with between 3 and 14 committee members present. Signatures of governors included undertaking to carry out the office.

Colyton Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Minutes: January 1945 to December 1949