Wembley School

[cazzanne]

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me.  My mother was taken from Hinxworth, Hertfordshire to London by her half sisters after her mother died.  She was about eight or nine at the time.  The sisters, Ada and Emily put mum and her younger sister into a boarding school (thats what mum always called it)  It was called Wembley School. or maybe Wembley school for girls.  She was there from 1921/2 until the age of 16 I believe.

I would be grateful for any information.

Carol

ps: I believe Emily's husband had something to do with Shepherds Bush Market and information on her and Ada would also be appreciated.

[Romilly]

You might find something about a Wembley School in here:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26904

Romilly.

[Valda]

Hi

If she lived in Shepherd's Bush this would probably be the most likely marriage for Ada Matilda

Marriages Sep 1916
Clark  John D  Stanton  Hammersmith  1a 526   
Stanton  Ada M  Clark  Hammersmith  1a 526

Harder to track Emily as she only has one Christian name but if she lived in the same area as Ada this could be her.

Marriages Dec 1919   
Parish  Albert E  Stanton  Hammersmith  1a 780   
Stanton  Emily  Parish  Hammersmith  1a 780

If they married at St Paul Hammersmith those registers are held by Hammersmith and Fulham Archives.

Wembley the London district is about 5 miles away from Shepherd's Bush so not exactly close by but not far away either. Again it might be worth contacting Hammersmith and Fulham Archives about girls boarding schools in the area as there doesn't seem to be anything easily found on a Wembley School.
These are the schools they hold records on, but they are less likely to hold records on private or charitable boarding schools.

http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Leisure_and_Culture/Libraries/Archives/23452_Records_of_Schools_and_Colleges.asp


Regards

Valda

[cazzanne]

Thank you Valda for the information.  The two sisters you have mentioned were my mothers half sisters.  I will have to keep searching for the school, it might not have been called Wembley school or may have been bombed I suppose.  I will keep looking.  Thank you again for your help.