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THE OLD SCHOOLS OF TOTTENHAM
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THE OLD SCHOOLS OF TOTTENHAM
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enjoyed a long history of schooling and during the 18th and 19th century there were many
well-known and respected Quaker schools that drew pupils from around the world. These
included Grove House, Eagle House and the school of Josiah Forster that were all
established in the vicinity of Tottenham Green. In 1827 Thomas Wright Hill purchased Bruce
Castle House and opened the most distinguished of Tottenham’s schools. The first
headmaster was his son Rowland Hill who was later to become famous for his work on postal
reform and the introduction of postage stamps. These were largely private schools and, apart from the Tottenham Grammar School that had been endowed by the Duchess of Somerset in the late 17th century, there were very few schools that provided education for the working classes. It was not until William Forster introduced his Education act in 1872 that parishes or boroughs were required to establish school boards to provide adequate schooling for the growing number of children requiring education. In the latter part of the 19th century this saw the building of many of the schools that went on to serve Tottenham throughout the 20th century and indeed many of them still survive to this day. Pictured below are some of the early private schools followed by many schools that older residents of Tottenham both past and present will recognise. |
SOME OF THE EARLY SCHOOLS OF TOTTENHAM |
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EAGLE HOUSE TOTTENHAM GREEN
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GROVE SCHOOL TOTTENHAM GREEN
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| BRUCE CASTLE SCHOOL
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| TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR
SCHOOL Original Location- High
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Close to Somerset Road |
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| TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR
SCHOOL BOOKLET - 1931 |
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| BLUECOATS SCHOOL Opened in 1735 but
rebuilt in 1833
(Now Pride of Tottenham P.H - Scotland Green.) |
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TOTTENHAM SCHOOLS GENERAL |
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| BELMONT SCHOOL
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BRUCE GROVE SCHOOL Pictured Right: School Coronation Party
1953
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| COLERAINE PARK
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| CROWLAND ROAD
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| DEVONSHIRE HILL SCHOOL
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DOWNHILLS JUNIOR SCHOOL
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| DOWNHILLS CENTRAL
SCHOOL
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| DOWN LANE SCHOOL
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| EARLSMEAD SCHOOL
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| LANCASTERIAN SCHOOL
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| MARKFIELD
SCHOOL
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| PAGE GREEN SCHOOL
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| PARKHURST SCHOOL
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| RISLEY SCHOOL
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| ROWLAND HILL SCHOOL
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| SEVEN SISTERS SCHOOL
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 THE 'MAY QUEEN' WAS SANDRA WILLETTS FROM WESTERFIELD ROAD- VANESSA GILES SEATED ON THE RIGHT WITH FLOWERS |
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NOTE : We have created a special feature on the May Queen
ceremony held at Seven Sisters school - Please click HERE to take you to the article. (Added July 2018) |
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| SOUTH GROVE SCHOOL (Formerly Culvert Road
School)
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STAMFORD HILL SCHOOL
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St ANNS JUNIOR SCHOOL TOTTENHAM
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| St FRANCIS DE SALE
SCHOOL Pictured right Michael
Dawson (Spurs) visiting school.
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| ST KATHERINES COLLEGE
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| ST IGNACIOUS COLLEGE
STAMFORD HILL Famous Pupil Alfred
Hitchcock Other famous pupils;
George Martin - Beatles Producer Brian Hanrahan- BBC Newsreader
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| St THOMAS MORE SCHOOL
TOTTENHAM Founded 1952 Holcombe
Road Tottenham –moved to former Wood Green County School in 1968
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| TOTTENHAM COUNTY SCHOOL
Tottenham Green
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| TOTTENHAM GRAMMAR
SCHOOL
WESTMINSTER ABBEY CEREMONY SARAH-DUCHESS OF SOMERSET |
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| CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS HISTORIC ANNUAL CEREMONY | ||
| TOTTENHAM TECHNICAL
COLLEGE
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| TOTTENHAM HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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| WEST GREEN SCHOOL
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| WHITE HART LANE SCHOOL
TOTTENHAM
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| WILLIAM FORSTER Formerly Belmont School Now Philip Lane
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| WOODLANDS PARK SCHOOL
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TOTTENHAM SCHOOLS OTHERS |
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| THE GREEN SCHOOL (High Cross) No pictures of School
only Teachers Mr Wood and Mr Wynne
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| BLANCHE NEVILLE SCHOOL
FOR THE DEAF |
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| SOMERSET SCHOOL Picture by David Reed |
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| We do not claim
this to be a comprehensive list of all the schools either past or present in Tottenham or
the Borough of Haringey but hopefully many that people will remember from times gone by. We have only shown a couple of pictures of each school but we do have other images in our library if anyone should be interested If you would like to know more about the individual history
for many of these schools then we would recommend looking at the British History Online
feature about schooling in Tottenham. |
