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Former pupils of Downe House School in England are called "Downe House Old Girls". The "Seniors" are the school's name for prefects.
Downe House was founded in 1907 by Olive Willis, its first headmistress, as an all-girls' boarding school. Its first home was Down House in the village of Downe, Kent (now part of the London Borough of Bromley), which had been the home of Charles Darwin. [4] By 1921 Down House was too small for the school, so Willis bought The Cloisters, Cold ...
In 1907, with her friend Alice Carver as a non-teaching partner, Willis founded a new girls' boarding school called Downe House. They raised £1,500 to rent and equip Down House in the village of Downe, near Orpington, Kent, a house which had previously been the home of Charles Darwin. The school began with one girl and five mistresses.
Downe House or Down House may refer to: Downe House School, a girls' boarding school in Berkshire, England; Down House, Charles Darwin's home in the village of Downe in the London Borough of Bromley; Downe House, Richmond Hill, previously home of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall; Down House, a 2001 Russian comedy film
Burney was educated at Downe House School in Berkshire and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied economics from 1938-41. [6] After graduation she became a chartered accountant. Later she became a teacher of economics and mathematics at girls’ schools in southwest London [7] teaching until she retired in the 1980s. [8]
A girls' boarding school was established at the house in February 1907, co-founded by the headmistress Olive Willis (1877–1964) with her friend Alice Carver. The school began with five mistresses and one girl, but was soon successful and grew to around 60 pupils. [ 26 ]
The Iconic “Home Alone” House Has Officially Sold Over Asking for $5.5 Million — See Inside! The famous Illinois home featured in the 1990 Christmas classic first hit the market for $5.25 ...
Bedford Girls' School. Bedford High School, Bedfordshire and Dame Alice Harpur School merged into Bedford Girls' Challney High School for Girls; Berkshire. The Abbey School, Reading; Downe House School ; Heathfield School, Ascot; The Marist Schools; Queen Anne's School; St Gabriel's School (coed junior school, girls only from ages 12-18)