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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
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  St Mary's College
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.
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"S. Mary's Coll."
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item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old advertisement:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  St Mary's College
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.
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Advertisment pages, added at the end of the guide. 
item:-  JandMN : 192.5
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
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.
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Page 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. ..."

evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
placename:-  St Mary's College
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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"St. Mary's College"
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item:-  private collection : 133.1
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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:-
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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