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Violet Markham Secondary School for Girls (Chesterfield)

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Violet Markham Secondary School for Girls (Chesterfield)
Highfield Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Badge as depicted in Bunty #88 [19 Sep 1959]

B088 [19 Sep 1959].jpg

The School opened in 1928 as the first non-selective Modern School for Girls in the area. In 1946, it began to develop a bias towards nursing and nursery work. By 1949 it was known as a Secondary Practical School.
[ https://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=D5067 ]

Violet Markham Secondary School for Girls (Chesterfield) OS1968.jpg
1968 OS map showing the school.
(Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland)

This school closed on 31 August 1990 and Outwood Academy Newbold now occupies the adjacent playing field site.

https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/128638?searchQueryString=z%3Da%26startIndex%3D46050%26Count%3D49957

Violet Rosa Markham (October 1872 – 2 February 1959) was a writer, social reformer, campaigner against women's suffrage and administrator.


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