Oxford schools in late Victorian/Edwardian times
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
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 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 |
See under “Education” section of the City of Oxford volume of the Victoria County History
