St Stephen's College, Broadstairs

School in England

Sts Stephen's College was an educational establishment for girls run by the Community of St John Baptist, an Anglican convent of Augustinian nuns in Clewer (Windsor, Berkshire) from 1867. The college took gentlemen's daughters, clergymen's daughters (with a discount on fees), and student teachers.^[1]

St Stephen's moved to Folkestone in 1919, and evacuated to Taplow during World War II. The buildings in Folkestone were eventually acquired by Folkestone School for Girls. After the war St Stephen's College was re-established in Broadstairs. It closed in 1991.^[2][3]

It is said that the school campus was heavily haunted, including a well known ghost called Agnes, a former nun who died in mysterious circumstances. She walks about at night, crossing the Bridge between Clewer Hall and the old site.

Timeline

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Notable former pupils

• Mary English, mycologist and historian

Literature

• Jenny Balston, The Story of St. Stephen's College (1994) ISBN 9780952334309
• Valerie Bonham, A Joyous Service: The Clewer Sisters and Their Work (2012) ISBN 9780957419704

References

1. Emily Janes (ed.), The Englishwoman's Year Book (1900), pp. 29, 79.
2. Records of the Community of St John Baptist, Clewer, The National Archives. Accessed 11 Nov. 2015.
3. St Stephen's College, Clewer, Folkestone, Taplow and Broadstairs, The National Archives
4. Jenny Balston, The Story of St. Stephen's College (1994) ISBN 9780952334309
5. "St Stephens College, Broadstairs, Kent".

External links

• St Stephen's College Broadstairs, organisation for former students.

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