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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Former boarding school for daughters of the clergy</div> <p> <b>St Elphins School</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a> for the daughters of the clergy of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>. It was originally based in <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England. It moved to <a href="/wiki/Darley_Dale" title="Darley Dale">Darley Dale</a>, a rural area near <a href="/wiki/Matlock,_Derbyshire" title="Matlock, Derbyshire">Matlock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, in 1904, as the Warrington area had changed from open countryside and become highly industrialised. The school was founded in 1844 but had roots back to 1697.<sup id="cite_ref-Flood_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flood-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school abruptly closed in March 2005 following financial problems. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Elphin%27s_School&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school opened on 15 March 1844 in Warrington, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Elphin" title="Saint Elphin">Saint Elphin</a> who according to tradition founded <a href="/wiki/St_Elphin%27s_Church,_Warrington" title="St Elphin's Church, Warrington">Warrington's parish church</a>. In 1857 the objectives of the school were: to provide a good education on advantageous terms: (i) to orphan daughters of clergy from the <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon" title="Archdeacon">Archdeaconries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>; (ii) to the daughters of clergy still working in these Archdeaconries; (iii) to the daughters of clergy from any diocese.<sup id="cite_ref-Flood_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flood-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original site in Warrington was in the country. However, by the turn of the 20th century, the area had become industrialised, and the move to the countryside in Darley Dale was made. The building occupied had previously been the Darly Dale Hydro, a <a href="/wiki/Hydrotherapy" title="Hydrotherapy">hydrotherapy</a> <a href="/wiki/Health_spa" class="mw-redirect" title="Health spa">health spa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flood_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flood-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the headship of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Lucy_Kennedy" title="Catherine Lucy Kennedy">Catherine Lucy Kennedy</a> in 1896–1910, various additional facilities were made to the school and the criteria for pupils were extended to daughters of lay members of the Church of England. </p><p>In 2003, the school fell into financial difficulties and went into administration with debts of £3 million. A proposal was put forward to develop part of the site for housing and thus raise income to save the school. This was rejected by the local council, and the school closed in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Matlock_Mercury1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matlock_Mercury1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2010 a website was published about the school and is regularly updated with photographs, information, magazines and news items. </p><p>Following the closure of the school, the site was acquired in 2006 and developed into a luxury retirement village, the main building being converted into retirement flats.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alumni">Alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Elphin%27s_School&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Adam" title="Ruth Adam">Ruth Adam</a> (1907-1977) Feminist writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmal_Crompton" title="Richmal Crompton">Richmal Crompton</a> (1890–1969), English writer of <i><a href="/wiki/Just_William" title="Just William">Just William</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Mahoney" title="Florence Mahoney">Florence Mahoney</a> (1929-) the first <a href="/wiki/Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambia">Gambian</a> woman to obtain a <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a></li> <li>Mabel Joyce Maw - member of <a href="/wiki/Ferguson%27s_Gang" title="Ferguson's Gang">Ferguson's Gang</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Nicol_(actress)" title="Lesley Nicol (actress)">Lesley Nicol</a> (1953-) - actress (famous for playing Mrs Patmore in <a href="/wiki/Downton_Abbey" title="Downton Abbey">Downton Abbey</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Elphin%27s_School&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Elphin%27s_Church,_Warrington" title="St Elphin's Church, Warrington">St Elphin's Church, Warrington</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Elphin%27s_School&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stelphins.co.uk/images/History/Margaret%20Flood%20book/The%20Story%20of%20St%20Elphin's%20School.html">"The Story of St Elphin's School, 1844-1944, ML Flood"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234153/http://www.stelphins.co.uk/images/History/Margaret%20Flood%20book/The%20Story%20of%20St%20Elphin's%20School.html#p=1">Archived</a> from the original on 3 March 2016<span 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