| Established | 1912 |
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| Type | Independent girls' school |
| Religion | CofE |
| Headmistress | Mrs Kerstin Lewis, MA(Cantab) BSc PGCE |
| Chairman of Governors | Clive Morgan BSc MBA[1] |
| Founder | Baird[2] |
| Location | Bunkers Lane Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 8RP England |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| Staff | 70[1] |
| Students | 480 |
| Gender | Girls: 3 to 16 Boys: 3 to 7 |
| Ages | 3–16 |
| Houses | Cameron, McDonald and Mcneil |
| Website | www.abbotshill.herts.sch.uk |
Abbot's Hill School is an independent girls' school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
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It had been the home of John Dickinson (1782–1869) who was his own architect in its building, just east of his paper mill, Nash Mills. Construction was commenced in 1836. The building material was unusual, being dark grey stone setts, taken from the railway lines when replaced by wooden sleepers. The house design was unusual, having only a single door to the outside despite its size. John Dickinson's youngest daughter Harriet Ann (1823–1858) married Sir John Evans, K.C.B. (1823–1908) and their son Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941) inherited Abbot's Hill but never lived there.
In 1912 it became a girls' school which, in 1969, absorbed St Nicholas House School as its junior department.[2]