Walton's School, Halifax:

Around 1835, Jane and Susan Walton ran a Ladies' Boarding School at 18 Ward's End, Halifax.

In 1841, it is listed with Jane Walton and Eliza Hudson [teacher]. There were 12 girls, aged 8 to 15, and 1 boy [Frank Crossley], aged 6.

In 1845, only Jane Walton is recorded.

In 1851, Jane Walton had a ladies' boarding school at St John's House, Halifax.

The following names were recorded

• Head Jane Walton

• Teachers
  • Elizabeth West [b 1830] Newcastle
  • Jane Brailsford [b 1831] Rawtenstall
  • Caroline Ann Ford [b 1828] Bath
  • Annie Garland [b 1830] Warley
  • Elizabeth Gee [b 1832] Nottingham

• Assistant teachers
  • Mary Heafield [b 1829] Mearsham, Derbyshire
  • Amelie Hughes [b 1829] Manchester

• Pupils
  • Sarah Bates [b 1838] Sowerby
  • Sarah Elizabeth Eagland / Sarah Elizabeth Bray Halifax
  • Louisa Caswell [b 1844] Northington, Hampshire
  • Elizabeth Ann Child [b 1839] Shelley, Essex
  • Sophia Crossley [b 1836] Sowerby
  • Maria Crossley [b 1838] Sowerby
  • Mary Jane Crossley [b 1841] Sowerby
  • Julia Ann Fielding [b 1837] Sowerby
  • Emilie Fielding [b 1839] Sowerby
  • Mariana Foster [b 1835] Halifax
  • Emily George [b 1835] Windsor
  • Sarah George [b 1836] Windsor
  • Mary Goody [b 1844] Carlton, Bedfordshire
  • Ann Guddy [b 1838] Cudworth, Somerset
  • Judith Hartley [b 1840] Halifax
  • Elizabeth Ann Heaton [b 1839] Leeds
  • Mary Kay [b 1840] Montréal
  • Emily Kettlewell [b 1840] Leeds
  • Emma Leblanc [b 1840] Manchester
  • Elizabeth Lord [b 1836] Halifax
  • Mary Mirfield [b 1836] Bradford
  • Jane Oxley [b 1837] Nottingham
  • Emily Ratcliffe [b 1841] Sowerby
  • Louisa Jane Sowell [b 1836] Uppingham, Rutland
  • Eliza Waddington [b 1837] Bradford
  • Jane Walker [b 1836] Manchester
  • Sarah Phoebe Walker [b 1841] Stainland
  • Anna M. Williamson [b 1842] Barnstaple
  • Anna M. Wiseman [b 1843] Halifax
  • Sarah Wood [b 1838] Sowerby
  • Susan Wood [b 1841] Sowerby
  • Ann Woodson [b 1838] Kirkstall, Leeds

• Servants
  • Elizabeth Butler [b 1821]
  • Mary Butler [b 1833]
  • Elizabeth Kelly [b 1827] Todmorden
  • Sarah Naylor [b 1833] Warley

• Visitors
  • Charles Benjamin Crossley [b 1847] Sowerby
  • Mary Whitehead [b 1831] Rawtenstall

By 1865, it had become Cusworth's School

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Gill Pickup

Page Ref: QQ_62

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