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Page from 1871 Census for Industrial Brigade School
Unknown, 1871, Document
Page from 1871 Census for Industrial Brigade School
Page from 1871 Census for Industrial Brigade School
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Item no
21307
Title
Page from 1871 Census, Parish of St Cuthbert, 74 - 86 Grove Street, Edinburgh, the Industrial Brigade School
Description
This page from the 1871 census contains details of the residents of part of Grove Street, in the Parish of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh. It includes details of resident's names, age, marital status, occupation and place of birth. This page lists residents of the Industrial Brigade School. It shows the majority of the residents were boys aged 15 or 16. The boys are apprentices in various trades, including plumbing, painting and lithography.
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Date
1871
Type
Document
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Registrar General for Scotland.
The census is a national population survey taken every ten years by the government.
The Edinburgh Industrial School and Home for the Rescue of Destitute & Homeless Boys, on Grove Street in Fountainbridge was a school that took in homeless boys, provided them with education, and found them positions training as apprentices in various trades.
This item was digitised as part of the Whose Town? project, an educational resource for schools. Unique archival material was gathered together to create a snapshot of a person's life at a particular point in Edinburgh's history.
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