Convent schoolgirls sketch in the Gray Art Gallery and Museum hot house.
Date (of image) : 0/5/1964
Donor : Hartlepool museum service
Creator : NDM
Location
This school opened in 1885 in a house which had belonged to shipbuilder Edward Withy and it served Hartlepool and South East Durham. The order of nuns were FCJ (Faithful Companions of Jesus) and the last headmistress was Sister Mary Agnes FCJ. In 1973 girls were transferred to English Martyrs and the Victoria Road school was demolished in 1978.