Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
SCHOOL RECORDS

NB. Admissions registers and log books are closed for 100 years. Other school records are closed to the public for 30 years after the date at which they were made.

Acc. Various

Ref: YSY

YSBYTY YSTWYTH Council School

The 1847 "Blue Books" record Lefel-Fawr Company School at Ysbyty Ystwyth, established in 1842. There were 60 children on the books and average attendance the previous year was 41. The 1905 report states that the school, a mixed, provided school, was erected in 1878. There was accommodation for 219. There were 207 on the books in 1904 and average attendance was 79.
All school records were destroyed in a fire in c. 1953.
The school closed in 2008.

School Records

Log books
16 January 1953-26 June 1980 â€" YSY/1
1986-1994 â€" YSY/2
1994-2001 â€" YSY/3
2001-2008 â€" YSY/4
2008 â€" YSY/5

Admissions register
1954-2007 â€" YSY/R/1

Summary Register
1975-1979 â€" YSY/SR/1

YSY/X/1
Notes from parents excusing the children’s absences, indispositions and other problems. Retained from discarded attendance registers. CLOSED.

School Board Records

Ysbyty Ystwyth Board

minute book
1889-1904 - 176a

cash book
1889-1904 - 176b

Education Committee Records

see Pontrhydfendigaid group, Minutes of managers' meetings
5 August 1911-6 November 1918 - 188

County Council Records

School brochure, 1983 DYC/ED/4

Questionnaire dated 1920 giving details of the school and its catchment area, with the headmaster’s opinions on local education, employment prospects and other local issues. CDC/ED/30, no. 106

Deeds
324/Y4

School plans
1937 CDC/A/1/165,
nd, CDC/A/1/119,120,121,123

Miscellaneous

"Ysgol Ysbyty Ystwyth Dathlu 125 mlynedd 1898-2003" (actually 1878-2003). Written by Eirlys Jones ADX/668