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{{Locations_Infobox
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Murree Mall in Winter.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=33.906905,73.395367&z=11&t=h&hl=en 33.906905°N 73.395367°E]
|altitude= 2,291.2 m (7,517 ft)
* Convent of Jesus and Mary (originally boarding, now a day school)
*St Thomas College, Murree, for boys, was opened in 1882<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=UveLzKDlZBEC&pg=PA138 ''The magic mountains: hill stations and the British raj''] by Dane Keith Kennedy page 138 Google Books</ref>, probably by the Capuchin Fathers, and was subsequently taken over by the (Roman Catholic) Mill Hill Missionaries <ref>A Google Books search snippet from [http://books.google.com/books?id=JRMXAAAAIAAJ ''Into deserts: a history of the Catholic Diocese of Lahore, 1886-1986''] by John Rooney c 1986 says: The Rome agreement provided that the Mill Hill Missionaries were to take over responsibility for the debts of St. Thomas College, Murree. Capuchin sources assess these at Rs.l. 00. Mill Hill sources say the debt amounted to Rs.25000.00. ... This book is available at [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|001359212 Harvard University Library] and [http://oskicat.berkeley.edu:80/record=b14547408~S1. UCLA Library]</ref>. However, it had probably closed by the 1930’s as there is no mention of this school in the entry for Murree in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, published 1909-1931
*St Denys School
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