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Christ's Hospital School

Hertford

 

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Entrance to the Hospital from Lewis Turnor's "History of Hertford", 1830

 

There is information on the history of the hospital on the Hertford.net web site.

Christ's Hospital School, a preparatory school for the great establishment in London, is a spacious building in Fore Street, erected in 1690 and adjoins the road leading from Hertford to Ware; it will hold 400 boys, 70 to 100 girls and has an infirmary for 100 sick children; with this school were incorporated at the beginning of the present century the two other supplementary school about the year 1700 at Broxbourne and Ware.

Rev. John Thomas Bell, MA headmaster; John Dyson, Albert Stoddart & James Staples, assistant classical masters; Francis Sykes, reading & writing master; William Henry Hands, William Marks & James Kemp, assistant reading & writing masters; Miss Alice Elizabeth King, head mistress, Miss Frances Newham & Miss Alice Dore, assistant mistresses; John Tasker Evans MD medical officer; John Francis Barter Sharpe, steward; Miss Mary Ludlow matron.

Kelly's Directory for Hertfordshire, 1882

 I881 Census:         Staff          Boys         Girls

   

Medal relating to Christs Hospital, auctioned on eBay in November 2004
edge engraved Louisa Allen Goodburn 1861

 

Some surviving records of the school are held in the Guildhall Library which has an online guide to its holdings..

See William Lempiere's A History of the Girls' School of  Christ's Hospital, London, Hoddesdon and Hertford
and D. R. West's Half to Remember (Autobiography of headmistress, 1942-1972)

Title:Christs Hospital, Hertford, Interior of Chapel - Publisher: ? - Date: used 1909?
The Chapel, Christs Hospital
- posted 1909?

See also GOODMAN, Christs Hospital, Hertford, late 17th century
and SPARROW, Christs Hospital, Hertford, 1822

hertford-christs-hosp-gates-jv-55192  

Christ's Hospital Entrance, Hertford
Valentine's Series 55192 JV
Picture date 1906  

Christ's Hospital , Hertford
F. Frith & Co No 81785

  hertford-christs-hosp-gates-frith
  Christ's Hospital. Hertford

Possibly circa 1920s

Answers to Questions

 

GOODMAN, Christs Hospital, Hertford, late 17th century

SPARROW, Christs Hospital, Hertford, 1822

GURR, Christ's Hospital, Hertford, 1860s

In the 1980's the school was converted into retirement flats and the August 2010 issue of Hertfordshire Countryside revealed that the clock on the main building (which was made in 1824 by Thwaites & Reed, of Clerkenwell) has just been restored.

If you can add to the information given above tell me.

June 2010   Various changes including P C with girls and new links