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A History of the County of Oxford
… in Hensington Road, 29 several nonconformist chapels, schools, a public station, and a railway station. The streets …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; … in 1821, recovered it from the corporation. 23 Although girls were evidently taught in the school in the mid 18th … house and school c. 1850. The house, long sub-let as a girls' private school, was restored with dilapidations money …
A History of the County of Oxford
… later 18th century there were several fashionable boarding schools. Woodstock's fame through tourism was reflected in … in the 1790s, and providing land for the National schools of 1854. Their influence was sometimes resented and … National school and in 1873 Benjamin Disraeli inspected schools and a glove factory. 14 In the mid 19th century, when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel under the leadership of James Chisholm; both schools were said to recruit largely from outside the town, …