Hartlip School Punishment Book

cover of punishment book

Among the documents kept at Hartlip School is the punishment book. It covers the period from February 1909 to November 1936. Each entry gives the name of the person being punished, the date, reason for punishment and the number of strokes administered.

It is possible to search the entries using the search box on the right.

Search Punishment Book


Select the first letter of the pupil's surname for whom you are searching from the box below. Then choose from the list of surnames that will appear underneath the area below the box.

Results will be displayed in the lower part of the screen.


Search Results George HARRISS was caned on 22 separate occasions, and received in total 40 strokes of the cane.
To view the actual entry in the punishment book, click on the page number in the table below (opens in new window).
DateReasonstrokespage
3rd Feb 1909Throwing balls (lead) and pieces of rubber about the class during lessons21
2nd Mar 1909Rough behaviour on entering school11
16th Mar 1909Throwing snowballs at the Girls as they were going home yesterday afternoon12
6th Apr 1909Disobedience23
28th Apr 1909Disobedience24
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