Type
Industrial school
What's available
We hold:
- a list of children sent to the school, 1846 to 1865 (ref GB127.M4/20/1)
- a log book (boys), Mar 1919 to Sep 1927 (ref GB127.M66/85/1/1/1).
Lancashire Record Office holds:
- institution admission and discharge books, 1846 to 1848, 1850 to 1934
- school admission and discharge books, 1892 to 1926
- indices, 1848 to 1935
- a Master's journal, 1922 to 1929.
How to access
Resources marked with 'Archives' are available in the search room, please make an appointment.
History
Manchester was one of the first unions to set up a large separate institution specifically for pauper children in 1846. The building was demolished and replaced by a town hall in the 1930s.
Location
Closed in
1988
Related information
We also have copies of:
- John Cook, 'Swinton Industrial School: Manchester Union, Moral, and Industrial Training School' (Swinton and Pendlebury Local History Society, 2007) (q 371.967094 COO)
- Albert E. Guest, 'Swinton industrial schools: an historical sketch and personal reminiscences' (Swinton and Pendlebury Public Libraries, 1961) (f371.966 GU)
- E. O'Brien, Pauper in the Palace: Life in Swinton Industrial Schools (Neil Richardson, 1977) (371.967 OB)