The Town Boy Ledgers are a near continuous record of life at Westminster School stretching from 1815-1939. The Ledgers were kept by the pupil elected 'Head of the Town Boys' (Princeps Oppidanus) and were written exclusively for the benefit of future generations of pupils. Until the mid-20th Century, when the term fell into disuse, pupils at the school who were not Scholars were known as 'Town Boys'.