St_Francis_RC_Grammar_School

St Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School

St Francis Roman Catholic Grammar School

School in Hartlepool, County Durham, England

For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.

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St Francis RC Grammar School, also known as St Francis Xavier Grammar School,[1] was a Catholic grammar school for boys, in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It opened on 17 September 1956[2] and was subsumed into The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College along with St Joseph's Convent School and four more local Catholic schools in 1973.[3] It was run by the Xaverian Brothers.[3]

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Teachers and Brothers

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Houses

There were four houses within the school: Percy, Swalwell, Errington, and Thirkeld. In the same way as the later English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College would name its houses after the English Martyrs, the houses of St Francis Grammar School were named after the following:[citation needed]

Percy

Swalwell

Errington

Thirkeld

Sites

Woodlands

  • Wooler Road, the main site.[6]

Normanhurst

  • Grange Road. Now a pub known as 'The White House'.[7]

Notable alumni

Reunion Groups

References

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    (2008).Canoe woman Anne Darwin 'one of the greatest actresses in the world'.The Telegraph.
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    The Catholic Church in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 1834-1964, A Souvenir of Progress. Glasgow: John S. Burns & Sons. 1965.
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    Hall,G.(2005).Saints and sinners.The Hartlepool Mail.
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    (2007).Will you be mentioned?.The Hartlepool Mail.
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    (2000).BIG LAUGHS DUE TO SMALL TALK .The Hartlepool Mail.
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    ST FRANCIS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.Museum of Hartlepool.
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    (2011).The White House, Hartlepool.The Telegraph.
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    (2010).Wherever I go in the world, people tell me how impressed they are when they visit Durham, and I feel the same way..The Free Library.
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