De Aston School (founded 1863) Willingham Road, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. LN8 3RF Contact School by E-Mail    enquiries@de-aston.lincs.sch.uk Main school web-page: http://www.de-aston.lincs.sch.uk/ This is a private web-page begun when the Author was on the Staff of the School and is being maintained as a Genealogical service. Most of the materials used have now been donated by the Governors of the School to the Lincoln County Archives Office
December 2006	Three photographs showing the 1990s renovation of the Boarding House Dormitories.
February 2006	Two photographs of other Rasen Schools: Market Rasen Modern School Staff – brought from the Market Rasen Modern School when schools merged in the 1970s and the Wesleyan School that preceded it, about 1910. The owner of the picture, Mark Lockwood, would dearly like to identify anyone at all – comments will be passed on.
February 2006	PowerPoint based Presentation on the First World War names commemorated on the school War Memorial . (New material about W.R.Gibson) “Roll of Honour” War Memorial site text copy of the above Powerpoint information (faster loading.)
May 2005	Brief staff details 1901-1963 - source volume now in Lincoln Archives.
April 2004	Indexed photographs of School Football, Cricket, and Rugby Teams 1885-1945, (originals now in Lincoln Archives). The collection is fully name indexed between 1885 and 1945 – although pictures have only been scanned up to about 1919. There are also a growing number of more recent photographs and site pictures. There are also some pictures of the School and Rasen Town taken by Mr Mal Jones.
April 2004	Preliminary draft of school memories of Robert Sullivan, 1920-1928. Illustrated/Edited.
November 2002	The Staff in 1948, taken from a copy of the De Astonian Magazine.
November 2002	Prints and photographs of the Hospital of Thomas De Aston at Spital on the Street, Lincolnshire.
November 2002	1863 Roof Timbers in “Big School” photographed before renovation – now part of a Boarding House dormitory.
November 2002	Thomas De Aston’s Charter taken from the De Astonian Magazine
October 2002	Un-indexed Honour Board photographs, lists of Headmasters of De Aston and Market Rasen Modern School.
October 2002	PowerPoint based presentation, (wildly in need of pruning !) focusing on the school about 1900

Information about obvious errors, along with comments, will be gratefully accepted by the compiler,

Mr K J Norman, late of the History Department.  His own web-page has mainly genealogical material.

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