Schools and Education

In giving information from these early directories it should be noted that later directories are more comprehensive than earlier ones, and that day schools are not listed until the 1834 directory.

"There is a very respectable body of dissenters in this town; and there are four meeting-houses, for Independents, Quakers, Anabaptists, and Presbyterians, which last have established a school for the education and clothing of thirty boys and ten girls; besides these, there are thirty boys, belonging to the establishment, who are clothed and educated at the expense of the corporation, assisted by voluntary contributions from others. --- The Dowager Lady Spencer clothes and educates, at a school of industry, a certain number of poor girls. --- A great number of children of both sexes are instructed at a Sunday-school."

George, Mrs, Boarding-school
James, Edward, Schoolmaster
Read, --, Schoolmaster
Sayer, Miss, Boarding-school
Warren, Miss, Boarding-school

"A small chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, adjoins the abbey; this has latterly been converted into a grammar school for the education of the children of those who are free of the city." [repeated in later directories]

Crowther, Mrs (ladies' boarding) St Peter-street
Hooper, Mrs (ditto) Fishpool-street
Nash, Mr (gentlemen's boarding) St Peter-street
Raban, Mrs L (ladies' boarding) St Peter-street
White, Miss (ladies' boarding) St Peter-street
Wells, Misses (gentlemen's ditto) St Peter-street

Clare, Mr (boys' day) St Michael's
Crowther, Mrs (ladies' boarding) St Peter st
Heelas, S (boys' day) St Peter st@Nash, Mr (gent's bdg) St Peter st
Raban, Mrs (ladies' bdg) St Peter st
Smith, Mr H (gent's bdg) Dagnell la
Wells, Miss (preparatory) St Peter st
White, Miss (ladies' boarding) St Peter st

ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS
Not otherwise described are Day Schools

British Charity School, Verulam st - John Fleetwood Lewis, master
Brown, Mrs (gent's bdg) College st
Clare, Thos. (brding) Holywell hill
Crowther, Mrs (brdg) St Peter's st
Donald, Rev A (brdg) St Peter's st
Grammar School, St Peter's st - Rev Dr William Bowen, master
Harris, John (brdg) St Peter's st
Higdon, George, Holywell hill
Higgins, George, London Colney
Raban, Francis (brdg) St Peter's st
Scott, Elizabeth, Sopwell lane
Stebbing, John, Fishpool Street
Unitarian Charity School, Dagnal lane - John Goodland, master
Ward, Jane & Lydia (boarding) St Peter's street
Wells, Eliza (boarding) St Peter's street