Oxford schools in late Victorian/Edwardian times
St Thomas's Boys' School in 1898 (photograph kindly supplied by Thomas Gadney)
Parochial or Church Schools (supported by the National Society)
Parish |
Name of school |
Details |
Log books in
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Notes |
Holy Trinity
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Holy Trinity |
In 1871 this school took over and rebuilt the premises of the former St Ebbe’s Boys’ School in Friars Street |
1872–1910 (9) |
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Holy Trinity Girls’ & Infants School |
In 1846 this school took over from St Ebbe’s a school in Blackfriars Road; moved to new school in Friars Street in 1871 |
None |
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Holywell/ |
Built in 1850, with infant school built to the east of the main school in 1857 |
1872–1910 (9) |
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New Hinksey |
New Hinksey |
Started in Church of St John in 1870, moved to nearby classrooms in 1872, and a new building in 1891 |
1871–1892 (10)
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Merged |
New Hinksey |
Started in Church of St John in 1870, moved to nearby classrooms in 1872 |
1889–1904 (6) |
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New Hinksey |
Built in School Place in 1887 |
1881–1911 (9) |
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St Aldate |
St Aldate’s |
Opened in 1866. Infants transferred to St Matthew’s School in 1894 |
1875–1895 (9) |
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South Oxford Council Infants’ School |
Built in 1910 on site of former industrial school |
1910–1918 (2) |
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St Barnabas |
St Barnabas |
This school built in in Great Clarendon Street in 1857 was formerly in St Paul’s parish, but came under the new parish in 1869 |
None |
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St Barnabas Girls’ |
Built in Cardigan Street in 1857 |
None |
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St Clement |
St Clement’s |
New school built in Cross Street in 1903 |
1863–1900 (10) |
Formerly in |
St Clement’s |
New school built in Boulter Street in 1891 |
1863–1906 (10) |
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St Clement’s |
New school built in Bath Street in 1874 |
1908–1956 (10) |
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St Ebbe |
St Ebbe’s |
Built in Paradise Square in 1856. Boys attended Holy Trinity School |
1875–1910 |
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St Frideswide |
St Frideswide’s |
Opened in South Street, Osney in 1872; |
1872–1900 (9) |
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St Frideswide’s |
Opened in the former Boys’ School in South Street in 1904 |
1871–1895 (9) |
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St Giles |
Felstead House |
1876–1895 (6) |
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St Giles’ |
1863–1884 (9) |
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St Giles’ |
1863–1884 (9) |
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St Giles’ |
1869–1897 (9) |
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St Mary |
St Mary Magdalen |
Gloucester Green, near Worcester Street |
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St Mary Magdalen |
Behind New Theatre in George Street |
1873–1888 (9) |
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St Mary Magdalen |
1904–1914 (6) |
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St Mary Magdalen |
1873–1896 (10) |
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St Paul’s |
St Paul’s |
1882–1899 (5) |
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St Peter- |
St Peter’s |
1863–1898 (9) |
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St Philip |
Holy Trinity Convent School (St Denys’s) |
1872–1910 (10) |
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St Philip
& St James |
1883–1905 (6) |
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St Thomas |
St Thomas’s |
1864–1902 (10) |
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St Thomas’s |
1871–1901 (10) |
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St Thomas’s |
1898–1927 (2) |
Board Schools (LEA after 1903)
Parish |
Name of school |
Details |
Log books in |
St Mary |
Opened in 1900, closed in 1934 |
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St Peter- |
New Inn Hall Street from 1900 |
1900–1921 (6) |
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Cowley |
East Oxford British School |
Opened in Union Street in 1882 |
None |
Nonconformist Schools
Parish |
Name of school |
Details |
Log books in |
St Mary |
British School for Girls |
Baptist school to the north of George Street |
None |
Congregational School |
Behind the Congregational Chapel, which stood |
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St Peter- |
Wesleyan Girls' School |
Met in former Wesleyan Chapel |
1874–1900 (9) |
Wesleyan Boys’ School |
Met in building at rear of chapel in |
1863–1888 (10) |
Roman Catholic Schools
Parish |
Name of school |
Details |
Log books in |
St Clements |
St Ignatius’s School |
Next door to the Port Mahon |
None |
St Giles |
St Aloysius School for Boys |
Next to St Aloysius Church. |
None |
Schools in villages now taken into Oxford
Village/Parish |
Name of school |
Details |
Log books in |
Cowley: |
Cowley St James |
Built in 1834 |
1863–1869 (9) |
Cowley: |
Cowley St John |
1873–1910 (9) |
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Cowley St John |
1881–1898 (5) |
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Cowley: |
Temple Cowley |
1908–1949 (9) |
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Temple Cowley |
1903–1935 (9) |
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Headington:
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Kept at |
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Opened in 1840. Church School |
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Headington: |
Opened in 1973 in Church Street, New Headington (now Perrin Street), which was part of St Andrew’s parish until 1910 |
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Headington: |
Opened in 1864 |
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Headington’s first council school, opened in Margaret Road in 1908 |
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Summertown |
Summertown |
1863–1874 (9) |
Choir Schools
Name of school |
Details |
Christ Church Cathedral School |
Founded in 1546 |
Magdalen College School |
Founded in 1480 |
New College School |
Founded c.1380 |
Other Schools
Boys' School in Walton Street from 1873 to 1930 |
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Bluecoat School for Boys |
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Bluecoat School for Girls |
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Greycoat School |
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Nixon’s School |
Situated in the Town Hall Yard. Founded by John Nixon in 1658, closed 1894. For the sons of Oxford freemen |
Oxford High School for Girls |
Opened in 1875 in the Judge’s Lodgings, 16 St Giles; moved to 38 St Giles in 1878; and to 21 Banbury Road in 1880 |
Salman’s Charity School |
For schools in the City of Oxford before the boundary extension of 1928,
see “Education” section of the City of Oxford volume of the Victoria County History
Cowley Girls' School in the 1920s (photograph kindly supplied by Thomas Gadney)
