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This page lists some former and existing schools in India which were established to cater to British, Anglo-Indian and Indian students. Links to their websites are also listed when available. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Dow Hill School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for the school developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these two schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.
*'''[http://victoriaboysschool.org/index.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the official website of Victoria School Kurseong.
*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

2010-06-10T06:04:48Z

Billycatty: /* V */

This page lists some former and existing schools in India which were established to cater to British, Anglo-Indian and Indian students. Links to their websites are also listed when available. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these two schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.
*'''[http://victoriaboysschool.org/index.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the official website of Victoria School Kurseong.
*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

2010-06-10T06:03:43Z

Billycatty: /* V */

This page lists some former and existing schools in India which were established to cater to British, Anglo-Indian and Indian students. Links to their websites are also listed when available. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.
*'''[http://victoriaboysschool.org/index.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the official website of Victoria School Kurseong.
*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

2010-06-10T05:58:01Z

Billycatty:

This page lists some former and existing schools in India which were established to cater to British, Anglo-Indian and Indian students. Links to their websites are also listed when available. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.

*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

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Billycatty: /* V */

This page lists some former British schools in India, with links to their modern websites, where applicable. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.

*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

2010-06-10T05:49:20Z

Billycatty: /* V */

This page lists some former British schools in India, with links to their modern websites, where applicable. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
{{Template:TOC-horiz-AZ}}

[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website of these schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.

*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

[[Category:Education]]

Schools

2010-06-10T05:48:21Z

Billycatty:

This page lists some former British schools in India, with links to their modern websites, where applicable. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.

For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]

== Alphabetical list of schools ==
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[[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
===B===
*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School

*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.

*'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].

*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]

*'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).

===C===
*'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.

*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].

*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.

*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.

===D===
*'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.

*'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.

*'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].

*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]
:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference.
:*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com

*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.

===E===
*'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).

===F===
*'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.

===G===
*'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling. [http://www.dhrs.org/html/british_raj.html British Raj] by Raymond Rees-Oliviere from Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society. Memories of the Christian Brothers boarding school.

===H===
*'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A history of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.

*'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.

===K===
*'''Kimmins Girls' High School''', an Anglican missionary college, at Panchgani inland from Poona. [http://www.antoranz.net/BIBLIOTEKA/LINDEN/HTM/L11.HTM “Life in Panchgani”] from ''An unforgettable journey'' by Maria van der Linden (1992). See also [[Life in India#Miscellaneous|Life in India-Miscellaneous]]
*'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.

===L===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.

*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).

===M===
[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.

*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].

*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
:[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.

===N===
*'''North Point'''. Refer '''St. Joseph's College''', [[Darjeeling]]
*'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===O===
*'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Grove_School_(Jharipani,_Mussoorie,_India) Wikipedia].

===P===
*'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.

===Q===
*'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).

===S===
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]

*'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.

*'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes '''Goethal's Memorial College''' (see above).

*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.

*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.

*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].

*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.

*'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.

*'''St Joseph's Convent School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Free School Street, Calcutta.

*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.

[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]

*'''St. Michael's School''', Limpsfield, Surrey England. Previously called the '''Church Missionaries' Children's Home''', see above. At some point the school became a girls' school, and closed in 1996.

*'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.

* '''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]

*'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.

*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].

*'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.

*'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].

*'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.

===V===
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website of these schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.

*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.

===W===
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.

*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia]. [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].

==See also==
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]

==Other Resources==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.

=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.

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