I am looking for schools in the London area operating in the years 1870/71 at a minimum where Americans traveling at length abroad might have placed their teenage sons to further their education. Specifically schools where the boys could board. I also believe the school I am looking for would have been near or in the Brixton area or perhaps Brixton was part of the name of the school?
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Perhaps the London International College, opened 1867, closed 1889. It had some American students, but it wasn't in Brixton.– Lars BosteenMay 6, 2021 at 12:30
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They might have enrolled their sons at Dulwich College, about 3 miles from Brixton. Raymond Chandler was sent there a bit later, around 1900. The school was founded in 1619 and still operates today.– Michael HarveyMay 6, 2021 at 21:53
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This list of English endowed schools by county from the early 19th century is organized by county/shire, including Surrey (location of Brixton) and the adjacent Buckinghamshire and Middlesex/London counties, which include among others the town of Eton and its eponymous College.
Surrey:
-- Wilson's Grammar School, Camberwwell (Most likely possibility - see below)
-- Farnham Grammar School
-- Royal Grammar School, Guildford
-- Kingston Grammar School
-- Saint Olave's Grammar School
-- Saint Mary Overey Grammar SchoolBerkshire:
-- Abingdon Grammar School
-- Childrey Grammar School
-- Newbury Grammar School
-- Reading Grammar School
-- Wallingford Grammar School
-- Wantage Grammar SchoolBuckinghamshire:
-- Amersham Grammar School
-- Aylesbury Grammar School
-- Buckingham Grammar School
-- Eton College
-- Royal Grammar School
-- Marlow Grammar SchoolMiddlesex (Now wholly incorporated into London County I believe):
-- Enfield Grammar School
-- Hampton Grammar School
-- Harrow grammar School
-- Highgate Grammar schoolLondon:
-- All Hallows Barking Grammar School
-- Charterhouse School
-- Christ's Hospital School
-- Mercers' Chapel Grammar School
-- Merchant Taylors' School
-- St. Paul's School, London
-- Westminster School
Wilson's Grammar School was located in Camberwell from founding until 1975. With the centres of Camberwell and Briston barely 2 km apart, that would likely be the school closest to Brixton at the time of interest.
Counties of South-East England:
Many thanks to the commenters below who assisted in correcting my faulty knowledge of South England geography.
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4Brixton is not in or near Berkshire, it is in south London in the Borough of Lambeth.– DaveMay 6, 2021 at 15:05
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@Dave: Hmm! You're correct. Thank you I Looked it up this morning and I'm sure it returned Berkshire - but it seems to have moved into Middlesex over the past few hours. I have corrected. May 6, 2021 at 17:49
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Actually Brixton wasn't in Middlesex either - it was in Surrey until 1889 and then in the newly formed County of London.– TomHMay 6, 2021 at 18:06
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