Private Schools in Leighton Buzzard
Directories record the following private schools in Leighton Buzzard from 1830 to 1940. Dates are those of the first and last mention in a directory, not the opening and closing dates for the school.
Beaudesert
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Miss L.M.Price's school for ladies at 31 Beaudesert: 1890 to 1903;
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Charles William Bishop's school for boys at 27 Beaudesert: 1914
Billington Road
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Beechcroft private school, 39 Billington Road: 1936-1940
Bridge Street
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Camden House, Miss Helen Wilmot Buxton's boarding and day school for girls: 1894
Church Square
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Mary Cooper's school: 1839
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Robert Harding's grammar school: 1839
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Mrs.Dorman and Miss Wagstaff's ladies' school: 1847 [Frances Sarah Dorman ran a private school for girls in Linslade from at least 1854 to at least 1871]
53 Dudley Street December 2008
Dudley Street
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Mrs.E.J.Rowe's school at 53 Dudley Street: 1894;
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Miss Eleanor Mollett's school for ladies at 47 Dudley Street: 1898
47 Dudley Street December 2008
Friday Street
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Charles Elliot's day school: 1853 to 1862
Hartwell Crescent
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Miss Louisa Price's school for girls at the Gables: 1910 to 1914;
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Miss Emily J.Meadley's school for boys and girls at The Gables: 1920 to 1936
16 High Street about 1900 [Z50/72/140]
High Street
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John Brown's school for boys: 1830
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Mrs. and Miss Powley's boarding school: 1839
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Elizabeth Odell and Gregory Flemons Odell's school at 16 High Street: 1850 to 1854
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Mary Adey's school for girls, also called a ladies' seminary: 1869 to 1877
16-18 High Street June 2008
Hockliffe Street
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James Muirhead's school: 1890;
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Miss Susan Sanders' school for infants: 1890;
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Miss Edith E.Varney's school for girls at 16 Hockliffe Street: 1910;
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Beechcroft, Miss Millicent Draper's boarding and day school for girls: 1914 to 1931
The site of 16 Hockliffe Street December 2008
Lake Street
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Mary Cooper's school for girls: 1830;
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Sarah Rogers' school for girls: 1830;
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Elizabeth Blencowe's school: 1839;
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Mary Adey's boarding school for girls [Adey was Minister of Lake Street Baptist Church 1827 to 1853]: 1864;
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Thomas Honibone's school for boys: 1877 to 1885;
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Collegiate School of Edwin Wells Whittaker at 57, 1892 to 1895
57 Lake Street December 2008
Market Square
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Sarah Marshall's school: 1839 to 1850
North Street
Address Not Known
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Charles Fisher and Son, middle class boarding and day school: 1885