Milham Ford School

Milham Ford School was a girl's secondary school in Oxford, England.

The school was established in 1906 close to Magdalen College School in Cowley Place.[1] It began as a private foundation but in 1923 was sold to the local education authority, which rapidly expanded it by adding huts as extra classrooms.[1]

In 1939 the school moved to new and larger premises on a 16-acre (6.5 ha) site between Harberton Mead (which was its address) and Marston Road, south of Jack Straw's Lane.[2][3]

Milham Ford became a girls' grammar school in 1944 and a girls' comprehensive school in 1974. The school was closed in 2003 and was sold.[4][5]

Mary Roper Price was a Headmistress of the school.[6]

In 2004, the School of Health Care of Oxford Brookes University started to use the building.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.); Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Hassall, T.G.; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 442–462. 
  2. ^ Jack Straw's Lane.
  3. ^ Marilyn Cox, Photos of the school in 2002 and 2006
  4. ^ Development Guidelines for the Milham Ford School Site, Marston, Oxford City Council, 10 December 2001.
  5. ^ Brookes finalises deal for Milham Ford School, thisisoxfordshire, 24 January 2003.
  6. ^ Head's legacy still benefits school, thisisoxfordshire, 10 January 2002.
  7. ^ Oxford Brookes University Marston Road site.

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