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Loreto became a co-educational 6th Form college which continued to serve the needs of the Manchester area. The years had taken their toll on the original buildings and those added by the Loreto community.
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It is situated mainly on Hatfield road, which also home the still standing almshouses built and endowed in about 1736 by Sarah Churchill, the first Duchess of Marlborough. However it also borders Marlborough Gate and Upper lattimore road, which was home to Samuel Ryder, the founder of the Ryder cup.
The school was founded primarily by Mary Ward, a Catholic nun born in 1585, who campaigned for Women’s education. She helped to set up the I.B.V.M: The Institute of Blessed Virgin Mary, which went on to start Loreto College, becoming the first provider of secondary schooling for girls in St Albans.
The original part of the school, known as “the elms” was built in the years before 1922 and was used as the convent, as the school was originally run by nuns and had been untill a few years ago. The nuns however worked hard to expand the school and in 1923 brought a building known as “St Josephs” from Samuel Ryder, a well known English business man...
Loreto College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Hulme, Manchester, England, based on the educational philosophy of Mary Ward, a 16th-century nun, who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the congregation of religious sisters who started the college in 1851.
In 1977, Loreto admitted boys for the first time. A total of 25 boys were the school’s first intrepid male pupils, and the school was renamed Loreto College. By 1987, Loreto College had a total of 701 pupils (59 boarders and 642 day pupils).
First is a photo of The Elms as it is today as part of Loreto College, and taken from the drive at the junction of Hatfield Road and Lattimore Road. Second is the surviving decorated wall which curtains both Hatfield Road and Lattimore frontages.
Loreto College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Hulme, Manchester, England, based on the educational philosophy of Mary Ward, a 16th-century nun, who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the congregation of religious sisters who started the college in 1851.
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The 1944 Education Act set up a universal system of free, compulsory schooling from the age of five to 15. Schooling was provided by local authority and church schools.
