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| St Mary's College, Windermere | ||
| St Mary's College | ||
| Windermere School | ||
| Street:- | Phoenix Way | |
| locality:- | Windermere | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | school | |
| coordinates:- | SD41009859 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4198 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD49 | |
| references:- | Martineau 1855 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 32 8) placename:- College, The |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- St Mary's College |
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| source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2SD49.jpg "S. Mary's Coll." no sepearte symbol item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old advertisement:- Martineau 1855 placename:- St Mary's College |
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| source data:- | Advertisement for St Mary's College, Windermere, in A Complete Guide to the Lake District
of England, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
4th edn 1871. click to enlargeMNU1Ad2021.jpg Advertisment pages, added at the end of the guide. item:- JandMN : 192.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto sourcePage 8:- "... And there will be the new college of St. Mary, standing in a fine position, between the main road and the descent to the lake. This college, of which the Rev. J. A. Addison is the warden, is designed to afford a cheap and thorough education, on sound church principles, to the sons of clergymen chiefly, though not exclusively. It is under high patronage, ecclesiastical and local. The pupils, in a college garb of the olden time, are a curious feature in the aspect of the place; and they will be more so when they get their new buildings to live in. Judging by the plan and elevation put forth, the edifice will be in excellent taste, and a great adornment to the neighbourhood. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Prior 1874 map 1 placename:- St Mary's College |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale
about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett,
Windermere, Westmorland, 1874. click to enlargePI03M1.jpg "St. Mary's College" block/s; building/s item:- private collection : 133.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Looking for the college we were told by a local resident that she went to it when
it was a girls school, perhaps 40 years ago. Having found it, a resident of one of
the flats, that the college has become gave us some information about the place:- |
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| Arthur Ransome was a pupil here, so was James Mason the filmstar. It was a mixed school,
later a girls school, but fell out of use. It became a youth centre, and that too
fell away. A local builder bought it and converted it into half a dozen flats, and
built houses on the adjacent ground, about 1998. |
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