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This *might* be the location of the small school run in the 1850's by Sister of Charity, Catherine Fraser, a 30-yr-old Scotswoman. There were only four pupils in the school at the time of the 1851 Census, my great-grandmother Mary Duffield being the youngest at 13yrs.
This, I believe, was a charitable foundation for the daughters of poorer people but I don't know how the pupils were chosen; my great-grandmother's family lived in and around Wet Sandford (Sandford on Thames). Whatever the method, the result was that great-grandma had a first-rate education for a girl of her station in Victorian times. She achieved the pinnacle of success when she became a Ladies' Maid and Companion to four spinster sisters in Witney. Here she met great-grandfather....and the rest is history: my history!
The Census places the school building between The Greyhound Inn and the last house in Worcester Street before Beaumont Street. The last house in Worcester Street was at that time occupied by a Miss Rachel Sherwood, a 32-yr-old Annuitant. Any comments on the accuracy (or otherwise) of the school's situation would be welcomed. '
