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From: "Janice Doughty" <>
Subject: Re: CHRISTIE - 1861 Boarding school, Harlow
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:08:06 +1000
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Coleen,

I can't thank you enough for your interest and also the history of the
area you are describing. I am not sure if this gives you any more
information, on the Census it has Civil parish: Harlow, Ecclesiatrical
parish: Rochester, Essex, England.

Regards,
Janice
Belrose - in Old Sydney Town

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen" <>
To: "Janice Doughty" <>;
<>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: CHRISTIE - 1861 Boarding school, Harlow


> The mystery deepens, Janice. I rang St Nick's while at work today and
spoke
> to one of my neighbours who works there - very helpful she was. She told
me
> that St Nick's School was founded only 66 years ago. Apparently. it was
> initially based in the 1920s equivalent of a portacabin in Mill Road
(near
> here) before eventually moving to its present location at Hillingdon
House -
> which, prior to that, was a private residence. I should have remembered
> that. Mind you, its not just my Churchgate Street censuses that are on
loan,
> I have a large file of old Harlow photos, censuses and and data and have
> loaned it to local historian Stan Newens.
>



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