Victorian Logs

Eric Wyeth Gadd

Published by K.A.F Brewin Books, Studley, 1979

First Edition 

ISBN: 0 9505570 1 3

Gadd's book contains Southampton school logbooks for Northam Boys' School and Northam Girls' School between the years 1863 and 1877. There are detailed entries about the incidents with pupils, the weather, the general goings-on during the school year - with a fair smattering of naming names: 'Maby, a thorough truant - admitted this morning, absent this afternoon.' School workers and pupils are often easily identified due to the inclusion of fore- and surnames, making it, no doubt, of great interest to local and family historians. Beyond the logbooks are several chapters introducing the educational background on the local and national levels, including thirteen illustrations.

Hardcover first edition in very good condition, no internal markings, with only a slight crack in the spine in the page before the title page. xii,  196 pp. (14.5 x 22.5 cm) Dust jacket is in pristine condition in plastic wrap. Not price clipped.

 For sale by Priory Books, Warwickshire County Record Office's secondhand bookshop