List of Birmingham board schools
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This is a list of the Birmingham board schools, built between the Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) which established board schools, and the Education Act 1902, which replaced school boards with local education authorities. Most of the board schools were designed by the firm Martin & Chamberlain (M&C).
List of board schools
From these sources:Buildings of England – Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood, 1966, 1974, {{ISBN|0-14-071031-0}}*Victorian Architecture in Britain – Blue Guide, Julian Orbach, 1987, {{ISBN|0-393-30070-6}}Images of EnglandKing Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys 1813–1983, D I ThomasThe Best Building in the Neighbourhood?, Martin and Chamberlain and the Birmingham Board Schools, The Victorian Society, West Midlands Group, May 1968, F. W. Greenacre, Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham Collection B.Col 48.33[http://www.digital-ladywood.org.uk/ Digital Ladywood (photographs of Birmingham)]Ordnance Survey Maps 1890
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|class="fn org"|Name |Picture | Memorial Stone: "The first state school built in Birmingham stood on this site Bloomsbury 1873–1968" | 1873–1968 | {{gbmappingsmall|SP0888788356}} | [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.49302/-1.87069 52.493046, −1.870536] | |||
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|class="fn org"|Allcock St School | | †Demolished. Other names: Deritend or Bordesley, now listed as The Bridge Centre and Community Industry. | 1875–80 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP081864}} | {{Coord|52.4754 | |||
1.8800|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=†Allcock St Board School - site of}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1075767 |desc=The Bridge Centre}}, {{NHLE |num=1343318 |desc=Community Industry |fewer-links=yes}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"|Bristol Street Board School | | †Demolished 1960s for widening of the Horsefair road. At junction of Irving Street and Bristol Street. Was used as a meeting place for the Christian Society from 1877 until 1892. | {{gbmappingsmall|SP068861}} | {{Coord|52.4731 | ||||
1.9001|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=†Bristol St Board School}} | [http://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/Search.aspx?PageIndex=1&DateFrom=0&DateTo=2016&Keyword=Bristol+Street+School Picture of school before demolition] from [http://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk/search.aspx Birmingham Images] | ||||||
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|class="fn org"| Icknield Street School | near the Hockley Flyover, north of the Jewellery Quarter. | 1883 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP057882}} | {{Coord|52.4940 | |||
1.9158|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Icknield St Board School}} | Grade II* listed | {{NHLE |num=1076315 |desc=School}}, {{NHLE |num=1291556 |desc=Master's house}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"|Stratford Road Primary School | Now Ladypool Junior & Infant School, Sparkbrook. First M&C school built after Chamberlain's death. The school was extensively damaged in the Birmingham Tornado on 28 July 2005 and lost its distinctive Martin & Chamberlain tower. For damage see [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media/Tornado%20Exhibition%20G5.pdf?MEDIA_ID=133502&FILENAME=Tornado%20Exhibition%20G5.pdf] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20060725033141/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media/tornado.pdf?MEDIA_ID=103940&FILENAME=tornado.pdf]. | 1885 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP086848}} | {{Coord|52.4613 | |||
1.8741|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Stratford Road (Ladywood) Board School}} | Grade II* listed | {{NHLE |num=1343133}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Harborne School | 106 High Street, now the Clock Tower Community Education Centre. Built by Harborne School Board (Staffordshire) and acquired by the expansion of Birmingham.[http://www.victorian-society-bham.org.uk/September2010.pdf Victorian Society Newsletter, September 2010, p11.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | 1885, M&C or 1881 J. P. Sharp & Co{{Cite book| last=Thornton|first=Roy|title=Victorian Buildings of Birmingham|publisher=Sutton Publishing Ltd|year=2006|isbn=0-7509-3857-9}} | {{gbmappingsmall|SP035845}} | {{Coord|52.4594 | |||
1.9466|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Harborne (Clock) Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1343074}} = {{NHLE |num=1343074 |desc=Clock Harborne|grade=II |access-date=11 February 2013}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Oozells Street Board School | Listed as Furniture Stores of City of Birmingham Education Department; College of Food and Domestic Arts; now the Ikon Gallery. | 1878 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP060866}} | {{Coord|52.4777 | |||
1.9124|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Oozells St Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1076214}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"|Floodgate School | Floodgate Street and Milk Street, Deritend, now South and City College Birmingham Arts and Media Campus, formerly Hall Green College annexe. | 1890 [http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/domus/arguments/floodgatetext.pdf University of Birmingham Domus – Floodgate School PDF 24Kb] | {{gbmappingsmall|SP078864}} | {{Coord|52.4756 | |||
1.8859|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Floodgate St Board School}} | Grade II* listed | {{NHLE |num=1219510}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"|Waverley Road | Waverley Road, Byron Road, also known as County Grammar School, Small Heath; Hall Green Technical College; Small Heath School | 1880–85 or 1892 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP097852}} | {{Coord|52.4647 | |||
1.8577|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Waverley Rd (Small Heath) Board School}} | Grade II* listed | {{NHLE |num=1211189 |desc=School}}, {{NHLE |num=1075691 |desc=Headmaster's house}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Somerville Road | Somerville School, Somerville Road, Small Heath, B10 9EN (modernised). | 1892-4 M&C [http://www.education.bham.ac.uk/research/domus/arguments/somerville_essay.pdf University of Birmingham Domus – Somerville School – PDF 37 Kb] | {{gbmappingsmall|SP099859}} | {{Coord|52.4709 | |||
1.8553|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Somerville Road Board School}} | |||||||
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|class="fn org"|Tilton Girls School | Tilton Road, B9. Now Darul Barakaat Mosque and Community Centre. | 1890 | {{gbmappingsmall|SP092866}} | {{Coord|52.4769 | |||
1.8651|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Tilton Road Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1343159}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Dixon Road County Primary School | Dixon Road, Small Heath, B10 0BP. Also fronts Cooksey Road. Was Newlands Centre and Regents Park Annexe & 48 Cooksey Road, Bordesley. Also BCC furniture recycling and Birmingham Community Transport. Now Shah Poran Islamic Jami Mosque And Community Trust. | 1880–90 | {{gbmappingsmall|SP088857}} | {{Coord|52.4701 | |||
1.8698|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Dixon Road (Cooksey Rd) Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1343378 |desc=Newlands Centre}}, {{NHLE |num=1290547 |desc=Regent's Park Annex}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Garrison Lane School | Garrison Lane, Bordesley. Now known as the Garrison Centre. | c1885 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP086869}} | {{Coord|52.4804 | |||
1.8733|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Garrison Lane Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1075600 |desc=School}}, {{NHLE |num=1075601 |desc=Headmaster's house, No 106}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Dudley Road School | Now Summerfield Centre; was Summerfield Junior and Infants School, Dudley Road, Winson Green; listed as Main Block to Handsworth Technical College | 1878 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP042876}} | {{Coord|52.4869 | |||
1.9385|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Dudley Road (Summerfield) Board School}} | Grade II* listed | {{NHLE |num=1343401}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Barford Road School | Now Barford Road Primary School, Barford Road, Winson Green | 1887 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP044873}} | {{Coord|52.4845 | |||
1.9351|region:GB_scale:2000|display=inline|name=Barford Road Board School}} | |||||||
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|class="fn org"| Hutton Street, renamed to Eliot Street | Image:Nechells County Primary School, Eliot Street, Birmingham.jpg | Opened for over 1000 pupuils Now Nechells Junior and Infant School, Eliot Street, Nechells. Originally Nechells County Primary School | 1879 | {{gbmappingsmall|SP094896}} | {{Coord|52.5040 | |||
1.8631|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Eliot St (Neachells) Board School}} | Grade A locally listed building | ||||||
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|class="fn org"| The Broadway Comprehensive School, Aston | | Whitehead Road, Aston, Birmingham, England. | 1900, Crouch & Butler | {{gbmappingsmall|SP072896}} | {{Coord|52.5040 | |||
1.8931|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Broadway (Whitehead Road, Aston) Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1289998 |desc=School}}, {{NHLE |num=1343167 |desc=Master's House}}, {{NHLE |num=1076063 |desc=Railings and Gate Posts}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Dennis Road School | Now Anderton Park School. Originally called Dennis Road School, Balsall Heath. | 1896 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP084837}} | {{Coord|52.4513 | |||
1.8750|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Dennis Road Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1396414 |desc=Dennis Road School|grade=II |access-date=12 September 2011}} | |||||
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|class="fn org"| Cromwell Street School | Opened for over 1000 pupils. Now Cromwell Street Junior School, Nechells.{{cite web|url=http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-n/nechells/|title=Nechells|work=William Dargue – A History of Birmingham Places and Names |access-date=2 February 2015}} | 1889 J. A. Cossins | {{gbmappingsmall|SP084886}} | {{Coord|52.4953 | |||
1.8749|display=inline|region:GB_scale:2000|name=Cromwell Road Board School}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1407723 |desc=Cromwell Junior and Infant School |grade=II |access-date=2 February 2015}} |
Other board schools
- Cotteridge School, 1900[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=143-s52&cid=-1#-1 The National Archives, Cotteridge School]
- Soho Road (Benson Road). Benson Junior School, Benson Road, Winson Road, 1888, Grade II listed, {{NHLE |num=1220040}}
- Grove Junior School, Grove Lane, Handsworth, late 19th century, Grade II listed, {{NHLE |num=1075556}}
- Constitution Hill 1883 (demolished 1967)
- Upper Highgate Street (demolished)
- Moseley Road
- Marlborough Road School 1896
Other board schools acquired in 1891 when Birmingham was expanded
- Kings Norton Village Board School, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board.[http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-k/kings-norton/ A History of Birmingham Placenames, Kings Norton School]
- Mary Street School, Balsall Heath, 1878 by Kings Norton School Board. Demolished.{{Cite web |url=http://www.search.digitalbalsallheath.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=23&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1456&text=0&resource=10269 |title=Digital Balsall Heath, Mary Street |access-date=7 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602070824/http://www.search.digitalbalsallheath.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=23&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=1456&text=0&resource=10269 |archive-date=2 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- Stirchley Street School, 1879 by Kings Norton School Board.[http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-s/stirchley/ A History of Birmingham Placenames, Stirchley School]
Other schools from the board school era
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|class="fn org" | Camp Hill Circus School | Listed as City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Built as the original King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys (so not run by the School Board) (used until 1956), and extended with a school for girls. Tower and roof damaged by fire in 1901. Now the Bordesley Centre, run by Muath Welfare Trust. | 1883 M&C | {{gbmappingsmall|SP083856}} | {{Coord|52.468 | |||
1.878|region:GB_scale:2000_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Camp Hill - not Board school}} | Grade II listed | {{NHLE |num=1210202}} |
See also
References
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Further reading
- John Ruskin and Victorian Architecture, Michael W Brooks, 1989
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