| Roman Catholic Convent High Street Mayfield |
| Historical records | |||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Rev. T G Donovan, M, Head, single, age 46, born Co. Cork, Ireland; occupation: roman catholic priest officiating at Old Palace Convent | Rev. T. G. Donovan, roman catholic priest | Gate House | 1871 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| Elizabeth Carpenter, F, Housekeeper, single, age 30, born Co. Kerry, Ireland; occupation: domestic servant | Elizabeth Carpenter | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Mary A Graham, F, Head, married, age 49, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: annuitant | Mary A. Graham, annuitant | [Gate House] | 1871 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Annie Croft, F, Head, single, age 32, born Liverpool, Lancashire; occupation: lady superintendent of Private School for Ladies | Annie Croft, lady superintendent | Old Palace | 1871 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| Mary Bellasis, F, Assistant, single, age 28, born London, Middlesex; occupation: assistant in training school | Mary Bellasis | ||||
| Catherine Ainsworth, F, Boarder, single, age 27, born Denbigh, Denbighshire; occupation: scholar | Catherine Ainsworth | ||||
| Florence Colegrave, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born London, Middlesex; occupation: scholar | Florence Colegrave | ||||
| Cecic Bellasis, F, Boarder, single, age 25, born London, Middlesex; occupation: scholar | Cecic Bellasis | ||||
| Mary Mccourt, F, Boarder, single, age 25, born Edinburgh, Scotland; occupation: scholar | Mary Mccourt | ||||
| Helena Milanesi, F, Boarder, single, age 19, born France; occupation: scholar | Helena Milanesi | ||||
| Marie Hadfield, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; occupation: scholar | Marie Hadfield | ||||
| Sarah Milling, F, Boarder, single, age 21, born Preston, Lancashire; occupation: scholar | Sarah Milling | ||||
| Mary A Hearne, F, Boarder, single, age 24, born London, Middlesex; occupation: housemaid | Mary A. Hearne | ||||
| Margaret O'Brien, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born Manchester, Lancashire; occupation: laundry maid | Margaret O'Brien | ||||
| Jane Critchley, F, Boarder, single, age 23, born Preston, Lancashire; occupation: scholar | Jane Critchley | ||||
| Emily Pennell, F, Boarder, single, age 17, born London, Middlesex; occupation: scholar | Emily Pennell | ||||
| Annie Mcdermott, F, Boarder, single, age 35, born Manchester, Lancashire; occupation: housekeeper | Annie Mcdermott | ||||
| Theresa Collins, F, Boarder, single, age 19, born London, Middlesex; occupation: cook | Theresa Collins | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Henrietta Erdodi, F, Head, single, age 27, born Hungary; occupation: annuitant | Henrietta Erdodi, annuitant | The Villa | 1871 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| c 1875 | ![]() | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Roman Catholic Convent | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Mary E. Frankish, F, Lady Principal, single, age 48, born Yorkshire; occupation: lady principle of Mayfield convent | Mary E. Frankish | Convent | 1881 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| Ann DE Laprimanleye, F, Boarder, single, age 46, born Essex; occupation: French school teacher | Ann de Laprimanleye | ||||
| Sarah Orr, F, Boarder, single, age 49, born Scotland; occupation Drawings school teacher | Sarah Orr | ||||
| Veronica Clark, F, Boarder, single, age 40, born Kent, occupation: elementary school teacher | Veronica Clark | ||||
| Isabella Parkinson, F, Visitor, single, age 43, born Lancashire; occupation Certified School Mistress | Isabella Parkinson | ||||
| Margaret Boulger, F, Boarder, single, age 47, born Ireland, occupation: school mistress | Margaret Boulger | ||||
| Margaret Morley, F, Boarder, single, age 44, born Berkshire; occupation: school mistress | Margaret Morley | ||||
| Isabella Lyns, F, Boarder, single, age 35, born Middlesex; occupation: school mistress | Isabella Lyns | ||||
| Mona Dashwood, F, Boarder, single, age 39, born Devon; occupation: mathematics school teacher | Mona Dashwood | ||||
| Elizabeth Carr, F, Boarder, single, age 36, born Chatham, occupation: elementary school teacher | Elizabeth Carr | ||||
| Monica Bellasis, F, Boarder, single, age 23, born Middlesex, occupation: music school teacher | Monica Bellasis | ||||
| Mary Hadfield, F, Boarder, single, age 31, born Yorkshire; occupation: annuitant | Mary Hadfield | ||||
| Mary O'Neil, F, Boarder, single, age 21, born Kent; occupation Music school teacher | Mary O'Neil | ||||
| Alice O'Neil, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born Kent; occupation Music school teacher | Alice O'Neil | ||||
| Mary Cookson, F, Boarder, single, age 22, born Lancashire, occupation: elementary school teacher | Mary Cookson | ||||
| Sabina Dobson, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born Nottinghamshire; occupation: assistant | Sabina Dobson | ||||
| Mary Shannon, F, Boarder, single, age 24, born Ireland; occupation Assistant | Mary Shannon | ||||
| Elizabeth Jones, F, Boarder, single, age 19, born Staffordshire; occupation: assistant | Elizabeth Jones | ||||
| Mary C. Derry, F, Boarder, single, age 20, born Lancashire; occupation: assistant | Mary C. Derry | ||||
| Margaret D. Arey, F, Boarder, single, age 21, born Ireland; occupation elementary school teacher | Margaret D. Arey | ||||
| Alice Higgins, F, Boarder, single, age 18, born Middlesex; occupation: scholar | Alice Higgins | ||||
| Caroline Clements, F, Servant, single, age 42, born Tonbridge, occupation: cook | Caroline Clements | ||||
| Lucy O Hara, F, Servant, single, age 52, born Ireland; occupation Nurse | Lucy O'Hara | ||||
| Johanna Hearne, F, Servant, single, age 38, born Middlesex; occupation: housemaid | Johanna Hearne | ||||
| Caroline O Hara, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Middlesex; occupation Housemaid | Caroline O'Hara | ||||
| Sarah Bilsburn, F, Servant, single, age 31, born Lancashire, occupation: laundress | Sarah Bilsburn | ||||
| Mary A. DE Leiras, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Middlesex; occupation: kitchenmaid | Mary A. De Leiras | ||||
| Rosanna Staunton, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Worcestershire; occupation Housemaid | Rosanna Staunton | ||||
| Mary Fitzgerald, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Ireland; occupation: dairy maid | Mary Fitzgerald | ||||
| Mary Oconnor, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Ireland; occupation Housemaid | Mary O'Connor | ||||
| Eliza Carey, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Ireland, occupation: laundress | Eliza Carey | ||||
| Mary Cahill, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Ireland, occupation: laundress | Mary Cahill | ||||
| Adoline Gerard, F, Boarder, widowed, age 58, born France; occupation: annuitant | Adoline Gerard | ||||
| Mary Browne, F, Boarder, single, age 14, born Ireland; occupation: scholar | Mary Browne | ||||
| Stelia Browne, F, Boarder, single, age 12, born Ireland; occupation: scholar | Stelia Browne | ||||
| Rose Netterville, F, Boarder, single, age 14, born Ireland; occupation Scholar | Rose Netterville | ||||
| Barbara Notterville, F, Boarder, single, age 10, born Ireland; occupation Scholar | Barbara Netterville | ||||
| Anna Ryan, F, Boarder, single, age 14, born Ireland; occupation Scholar | Anna Ryan | ||||
| Mary Bellon, F, Boarder, single, age 12, born London, occupation: scholar | Mary Bellon | ||||
| Agnes Tempest, F, Boarder, single, age 12, born Yorkshire; occupation Scholar | Agnes Tempest | ||||
| Grace Sexton, F, Boarder, single, age 11, born India; occupation Scholar | Grace Sexton | ||||
| Ellen Fortune, F, Boarder, single, age 13, born Mexico; occupation: scholar | Ellen Fortune | ||||
| Angeline Fortune, F, Boarder, single, age 9, born Mexico; occupation: scholar | Angeline Fortune | ||||
| Bertha Fortune, F, Boarder, single, age 6, born Mexico; occupation: scholar | Bertha Fortune | ||||
| Alice Tyler, F, Boarder, single, age 13; occupation Scholar | Alice Tyler | ||||
| Constance Tyler, F, Boarder, single, age 10, born London; occupation Scholar | Constance Tyler | ||||
| Mary Tyler, F, Boarder, single, age 7, born India; occupation Scholar | Mary Tyler | ||||
| Agnes Selby, F, Boarder, single, age 10, born India; occupation Scholar | Agnes Selby | ||||
| May Currie, F, Boarder, single, age 12, born Lancashire, occupation: scholar | May Currie | ||||
| Teresa Lollom, F, Boarder, single, age 13, born Staffordshire; occupation: scholar | Teresa Lollom | ||||
| Mary Fortuno, F, Boarder, age 11, born Mexico; occupation: scholar | Mary Fortune | ||||
| Mary Cruise, F, Boarder, age 8, born Ireland, occupation: scholar | Mary Cruise | ||||
| Louisa DE Mare, F, Boarder, age 10, born Belgium; occupation: scholar | Louisa de Mare | ||||
| Lila Hansom, F, Boarder, age 10, born Somerset; occupation: scholar | Lila Hansom | ||||
| Mary O Leary, F, Boarder, age 3, born India; occupation Scholar | Mary O'Leary | ||||
| Beatrix A. Paul, F, Boarder, age 2, born Somerset; occupation Scholar | Beatrix A. Paul | ||||
| Ursula M. Paul, F, Boarder, age 3, born India; occupation Scholar | Ursula M. Paul | ||||
| Agnes Cogan, F, Boarder, age 16, born St Leonards On Sea, occupation: scholar | Agnes Cogan | ||||
| Anne Delaney, F, Boarder, age 14, born St Leonards On Sea; occupation: scholar | Anne Delaney | ||||
| Rose Eldridge, F, Boarder, age 14, born Battle; occupation: scholar | Rose Eldridge | ||||
| Victoria Humphrey, F, Boarder, age 10, born Mayfield | Victoria Humphrey | ||||
| Alice Warner, F, Boarder, age 11, born Surrey | Alice Warner | ||||
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Annie Croft, M, Head, single, age 51, born Liverpool; occupation: mother superior | Annie Croft, mother superior | Old Palace | 1891 Census Mayfield, Sussex |
| Mary Bellasis, F, Teacher, single, age 49, born London, occupation: professor of latin | Mary Bellasis | ||||
| Coralie Bethell, F, Teacher, single, age 48, born London, occupation: professor of harp | Coralie Bethell | ||||
| Monica Ingram, F, Teacher, single, age 57, born Brewood, Staffordshire; occupation: professor | Monica Ingram | ||||
| Jane Clark, F, Teacher, single, age 50, born Surrey, occupation: professor of literature | Jane Clark | ||||
| Margaret Morley, F, single, age 54, born Hunwick, Berkshire; occupation: house keeper | Margaret Morley | ||||
| Mary Managhan, F, Teacher, single, age 48, born Ramsgate, Kent; occupation: teacher of poor school | Mary Managhan | ||||
| Sarah Milling, F, Teacher, single, age 41, born Preston, Lancashire; occupation: professor of arithmetic | Sarah Milling | ||||
| Marie Hadfield, F, Teacher, single, age 40, born Sheffield, Yorkshire; occupation: professor of scripture | Marie Hadfield | ||||
| Janet Bett, F, Teacher, single, age 36, born Poonab, India, occupation: professor of singing | Janet Bett | ||||
| Mary O'Neil, F, Teacher, single, age 31, born Greenwich; occupation Professor of Grammar | Mary O'Neil | ||||
| Eliza Cusack, F, Teacher, single, age 28, born Liverpool; occupation: professor of oil painting | Eliza Cusack | ||||
| Mary Geoghegan, F, Teacher, single, age 31, born London; occupation: professor of geography | Mary Geoghegan | ||||
| Agnes Murphy, F, Teacher, single, age 23, born Liverpool; occupation: professor of drawing | Agnes Murphy | ||||
| Rose Davenport, F, Teacher, single, age 33, born Derbyshire; occupation: professor of piano | Rose Davenport | ||||
| Bertha Ryan, F, Teacher, single, age 28, born Limerick, Ireland; occupation Professor of English | Bertha Ryan | ||||
| Katherine Radcliffe, F, single, age 24, born Ca... Castle, Staffordshire; occupation Assistant Housekeeper | Katherine Radcliffe | ||||
| Maud Bedingfield, F, Teacher, single, age 24, born London, occupation: student | Maud Bedingfield | ||||
| Wilhelmine Cushion, F, Teacher, single, age 26, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: teacher at poor school | Wilhelmine Cushion | ||||
| Sarah Beard, F, Servant, single, age 76, born Dimpole, Cambridgeshire, occupation: confectioner | Sarah Beard | ||||
| Caroline Clements, F, Servant, single, age 52, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: baker | Caroline Clements | ||||
| Bridget Callanan, F, Servant, single, age 34, born Ireland; occupation: housemaid | Bridget Callanan | ||||
| Margaret Lowe, F, Servant, single, age 34, born Liverpool; occupation: parlourmaid | Margaret Lowe | ||||
| Ellen Duggan, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Ireland; occupation: nursemaid | Ellen Duggan | ||||
| Elizabeth Kearney, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Co Wicklow, Ireland; occupation: cook | Elizabeth Kearney | ||||
| Annie Smith, F, Servant, single, age 28, born Hertfordshire; occupation: porter | Annie Smith | ||||
| Maria Grace Finch, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: parlourmaid | Maria Grace Finch | ||||
| Ellen Cahill, F, Employee, single, age 43, born Ireland; occupation: dressmaker | Ellen Cahill | ||||
| Emma Rainford, F, Servant, single, age 28, born Preston, Lancashire; occupation Housemaid | Emma Rainford | ||||
| Bridget Murray, F, Servant, single, age 32, born Ireland; occupation: laundress | Bridget Murray | ||||
| Paula Buschausen, F, Teacher, single, age 23, born Katingan, Germany, occupation: professor of german | Paula Buschausen | ||||
| Mary Puley, F, Teacher, single, age 34, born Ramsgate; occupation Professor of Mathematics | Mary Puley | ||||
| Mary Wilcox, F, Teacher, single, age 31, born Glen Mills Pennsylvania, Usa; occupation Professor of English | Mary Wilcox | ||||
| Elizabeth Joyce, F, Teacher, single, age 20, born Galway, Ireland; occupation: teacher at poor school | Elizabeth Joyce | ||||
| Alfred King, F, Teacher, single, age 23, born Exeter, Devon; occupation: professor of mathematics | Alfred King | ||||
| Elizabeth Gardner, F, Pupil, single, age 20, born Manchester; occupation: scholar | Elizabeth Gardner | ||||
| Eileen Kane, F, Pupil, single, age 25, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Eileen Kane | ||||
| Catherine Dunstan, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; occupation: kitchenmaid | Catherine Dunstan | ||||
| Ann Fishwick, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Wigan, Lancashire; occupation: schoolroom maid | Ann Fishwick | ||||
| Annie Tighe, F, Pupil, single, age 20, born Philliperton, Ireland; occupation Scholar | Annie Tighe | ||||
| Catherine Long, F, Pupil, single, age 20, born Leeds; occupation: scholar | Catherine Long | ||||
| Elizabeth Corbishley, F, Pupil, single, age 21, born Preston, Lancashire; occupation: scholar | Elizabeth Corbishley | ||||
| Mary Bennett, F, Pupil, single, age 22, born Antigua, West Indies, occupation: scholar | Mary Bennett | ||||
| Ellen Kearney, F, Pupil, single, age 23, born Birr, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Ellen Kearney | ||||
| Annie Maguire, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: baker | Annie Maguire | ||||
| Esther Clough, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Chorley, Lancashire; occupation: kitchenmaid | Esther Clough | ||||
| Ann Webster, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Hindley, Lancashire; occupation Laundrymaid | Ann Webster | ||||
| Annie Kelly, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Barnes, Surrey; occupation: childrens maid | Annie Kelly | ||||
| Mary Ann Scanlan, F, Servant, widowed, age 54, born Queens Co, Ireland; occupation: nurse | Mary Ann Scanlan | ||||
| Peter Gallway, M, Visitor, single, age 70, born Killarney, Ireland; occupation: clergyman - roman catholic | Peter Gallway | ||||
| Mary Spiller, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born London; occupation: scholar | Mary Spiller | ||||
| Pauline Sexton, F, Pupil, single, age 16, born St Leonards, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Pauline Sexton | ||||
| Madeleine P O'Kelly, F, Pupil, single, age 16, born Cork, Ireland; occupation Scholar | Madeleine P O'Kelly | ||||
| Margaret Ross, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born Rothesay, Scotland; occupation Scholar | Margaret Ross | ||||
| Lilian Clarke, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born Lincolnshire, occupation: scholar | Lilian Clarke | ||||
| Lucy Mary Selby, F, Pupil, single, age 16, born Jessore, India; occupation: scholar | Lucy Mary Selby | ||||
| Edith Bowring, F, Pupil, single, age 14, born Torquay, Devon, occupation: scholar | Edith Bowring | ||||
| Agnes Mary Croft, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Liverpool; occupation: scholar | Agnes Mary Croft | ||||
| Ellen Fottrell, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Ellen Fottrell | ||||
| Jeanne Joly, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born Paris, France; occupation: scholar | Jeanne Joly | ||||
| Alice Maude Keogh, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Alice Maude Keogh | ||||
| Emily Deteathy O'Kelly, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Dover, Kent; occupation Scholar | Emily Deteathy O'Kelly | ||||
| Edith Mary Spiller, F, Pupil, single, age 14, born London; occupation: scholar | Edith Mary Spiller | ||||
| Mary Ross, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born Poonah, India; occupation Scholar | Mary Ross | ||||
| Helen Pollock, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Warwickshire; occupation Scholar | Helen Pollock | ||||
| Norah Macaulay, F, Pupil, single, age 17, born Midnapore, India; occupation: scholar | Norah Macaulay | ||||
| Rosa Macaulay, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Calcutta, India; occupation: scholar | Rosa Macaulay | ||||
| Mary Foran, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Mary Foran | ||||
| Zoe Coson, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born London; occupation: scholar | Zoe Coson | ||||
| Mary Gillon, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born Liverpool; occupation: scholar | Mary Gillon | ||||
| Louise Croft, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born Liverpool; occupation: scholar | Louise Croft | ||||
| Winefred O'Kelly, F, Pupil, single, age 12, born Warwickshire; occupation Scholar | Winefred O'Kelly | ||||
| Mary Parker, F, Pupil, single, age 12, born London; occupation: scholar | Mary Parker | ||||
| Agnes Clarke, F, Pupil, single, age 15, born Lincolnshire, occupation: scholar | Agnes Clarke | ||||
| Florence Mary Kane, F, Pupil, single, age 13, born Wexford, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Florence Mary Kane | ||||
| Maude Amy Foran, F, Pupil, single, age 11, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Maude Amy Foran | ||||
| Mary McMerny, F, Pupil, single, age 10, born Liverpool; occupation: scholar | Mary McMerny | ||||
| Edith Morley, F, Pupil, single, age 11, born London; occupation: scholar | Edith Morley | ||||
| Catherine Fulford, F, Pupil, single, age 10, born Birmingham; occupation: scholar | Catherine Fulford | ||||
| Hilda Pollock, F, Pupil, single, age 12, born Birmingham; occupation Scholar | Hilda Pollock | ||||
| Hilda Nicolls, F, Pupil, single, age 11, born Irvine, Ireland; occupation Scholar | Hilda Nicolls | ||||
| Morna Mary Ross, F, Pupil, single, age 9, born Reigate, Surrey; occupation Scholar | Morna Mary Ross | ||||
| Christine Parker, F, Pupil, single, age 9, born Chiswick, London; occupation: scholar | Christine Parker | ||||
| Mary Barry, F, Pupil, single, age 10, born Bolton, Lancashire, occupation: scholar | Mary Barry | ||||
| Kathleen Barry, F, Pupil, single, age 9, born Dublin, Ireland, occupation: scholar | Kathleen Barry | ||||
| Elizabeth Gillon, F, Pupil, single, age 11, born Liverpool; occupation: scholar | Elizabeth Gillon | ||||
| Mildred Keogh, F, Pupil, single, age 7, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: scholar | Mildred Keogh | ||||
| Winifred Ross, F, Pupil, single, age 3, born Blackheath, London; occupation Scholar | Winifred Ross | ||||
| Margaret Clements, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Mapledurham; occupation: scullerymaid | Margaret Clements | ||||
| Caroline Schogel, F, Servant, single, age 19, born St Leonards, Sussex; occupation: laundrywoman | Caroline Schogel | ||||
| Mary Chambers, F, Servant, single, age 16, born London; occupation: laundrygirl | Mary Chambers | ||||
| Annie Doyle, F, Boarder, widowed, age 70, born Portsmouth, Hampshire | Annie Doyle | ||||
| Marion McKay, F, Boarder, single, age 50, born London | Marion McKay | ||||
| Alice Ledoux, F, Governess, single, age 18, born Paris, France; occupation: teacher of french | Alice Ledoux | ||||
| Louise Habert, F, Governess, single, age 17, born Germany; occupation: teacher of german | Louise Habert | ||||
| 1915 | ![]() | The Convent Church Interior, Mayfield photographed by Art & Book Company, Westminster | Private collection | ||
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