Notes towards examinations covering a range of subjects, including Latin, History and English Grammar. The system of pupil teachers was the precursor of more formalised teacher training. In 1907 Leeds Education Committee formed the City of Leeds Training College to provide training for the city's teachers.
Heath Grammar School Admission book began in 1887 and covers a period of 21 years until 1908. the book records the name of the scholar, age at entry, the department entered (e.g. Junior, Senior), Address of parent, the profession of the parent, miscellaneous remarks and date of leaving the school.
Needlework samples in presentation album with descriptions. leather binding with an inscription on front reading: Viscountess Canning from the Girls of the Hanover District Schools March 31, 1855. Suggests that Viscount Canning once owned the book. She was Queen Victoria's Lady of the Bedchamber until mid-1855. Through this contact, the Princess Royal may have obtained the book.
Contains Macaulay Hall residents name, visitors name and address and room number. The system of recording visitors names was ended in 1966 and entries in the book reflect this. Other Halls would have had a similar series of visitors books.