Reading Abbey Girls' School (Q45319220)

  • matcher place: Berkshire (relation 88070), Reading (relation 115074), Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (relation 3820628), Thames Valley (relation 4001795)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1755 establishments in England, 1794 disestablishments in England, Defunct schools in France, Defunct schools in Reading, Berkshire, Defunct schools in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Educational institutions disestablished in the 1790s, Girls' schools in Berkshire, Girls' schools in France, Girls' schools in London, Places associated with Jane Austen, Secondary schools in Reading, Berkshire
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Reading Abbey Girls' School, also known as Reading Ladies’ Boarding School, was an educational establishment in Reading, Berkshire open from at least 1755 until 1794. Many of its pupils went on to make a mark on English culture and society, particularly as writers. Most famous is Jane Austen, who used the school as a model of "a real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school".

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