Private Schools
Private schools in the nineteenth century were often very small establishments based in people’s homes. The following are listed in Kelly’s Directory of 1899:
- Alden Misses, Wellington Villa school, 79 Banbury road, St Giles’ (for boys and girls)
- Amphlett Mrs E. A., School house, 47 St John’s street (for girls only)
- Andrews Miss Emily, 36 Pembroke street, St Clement’s [now Rectory Road]
- Ascham School for Higher Education for Girls (Misses Hales, principals), 5 & 6 Fyfield road
- Bellamy Mrs Mary, 55 Kingston road (preparatory school)
- Brooks Misses M.B. & J., 48 St Aldate’s street (for girls only)
- de la Mare Miss L.E., 157 Iffley road
- de Leobardy Madame, St Ursula’s school, 38 St Giles’ street & 49 St John’s street
- Gane Misses, 12 Stanley road
- Gibbs Miss, 259 Iffley road (for girls only)
- Hicks Misses L. & M., 191 Cowley road
- Hooper Misses, Crescent lodge, [9] Park town (for girls only)
- Horn Mrs & Miss, 21 Little Clarendon street (preparatory school)
- King Miss Mary E. (kindergarten), 17 Worcester terrace (now Richmond Road)
- Leonard Miss Annie, 6 Walton street (for girls only)
- Lynam Charles Cotterill, M.A., Bardwell road (preparatory school)
- Mardon Misses, 3 Bradmore road (preparatory school)
- Osberton House Preparatory School (Edward Herbert Wilton, principal), 296 Woodstock road, Summertown
- Oxford Modern School (Thomas George Harland B.A.Lond.), 193 Iffley road (for boys only)
- Philiips Mrs, Pembroke house, Cambridge terrace (boarding school)
- Wainwright, Miss Elizabeth, 59 Walton street (for girls only)
- West Misses J. & M., 7 St John’s street (for girls only)
A larger private school was Bedford House School in Walton Street, with accommodation for a hundred boys.
