Stockport Sunday School Music
1800s - 1930
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This collection comprises 3 boxes containing material from a [music library]. The collection contains hymn music, sheet music, and prose literature. There are often several copies of the same item suggesting it was distibuted for practice and performances.
Title:
Stockport Sunday School Music
Date of work:
1800s - 1930
Reference number:
D2163
Level of description:
Collection
Type of materials:
Textual material
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Finding aids note:
Digitised catalogue
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
The Stockport Sunday school was founded in 1784, it was situated on London Square, Wellington Street, Stockport, behind the town hall. Before the days of universal education, Sunday Schools provided the one source of Education available before the passing of the 1870 Education Act. The Sunday School though was a Protestant institution. in 1874 it was reported 'This school, with four branches, had, in 1833, 5,244 scholars, about half of each sex. It was supported by subscription, and was under the management of a committee elected from among the subscribers of a guinea and upwards, and of visitors chosen from among the persons actively engaged in the school. There were two libraries, a teachers’ library of 850 volumes, and a scholars’ library of 1,700'. It had its own choir, orchestra and music library, it was also had many active sports teams and a growing reputation. The Stockport Sunday School was the largest Sunday School in the world, in 1859 there were 3,781 scholars, and 435 teachers.
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Language:
English
Record number:
5231830
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