St Francis' Grammar School (formerly Woodlands) taken in 1964. Wooler Road
Date (of image) : 1964
Donor : Douglas Ferriday
Part of the "Hartlepool Library Service" collection
Location
This building was originally a Victorian residence called 'Woodlands'. It became St Francis' Grammar School in 1956 established by the Xavarian Brothers and later taken over by the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Boys attended from Hartlepool and colliery towns of SE Durham. The final headteacher was Father John Bell and in 1973 he was also appointed head of the new English Martyrs Comprehensive School.
One of the large houses, Normanhusrt is now The White House public house and Woodlands and land around has made way for a small housing estate 'Woodlands
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