They use entries from the official
Log Books
or diaries of local schools. These can often tell us about home life in
the district in those times as well as about the routine of the school
itself.
Most children did
not go to school at the start of Queen Victoria's reign. Wealthy
landowners would have their children taught at home, and some tradesmen
in the area would send their children to a private school.
The children of the poor
had to go to work as soon as they were old enough to earn money for the
family, and often missed lessons to help with farm and other jobs for
their parents.
