FOWLERS ACADEMY, WARWICK

[Rob2]

Hi

Has anyone come across a mention of Fowlers Academy in Warwick in the late 18th C (1780-1800) - if so, do you know where it was located?

ROB2

[ShaunJ]

A large mansion off Smith Street " an academy for young ladies, and conducted by the Misses Fowlers."

https://goo.gl/vzT9Uh

[ShaunJ]

Other sources locate it at "St John's" - does that make sense?  I don't know Warwick at all.

[ShaunJ]

Presumably it was St John's House

 http://heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk/museum-service/st-johns-house-museum-planning-your-visit/

[Rob2]

Hi Shaun

Yes I believe it was St Johns House – I see that the wikepedia entry states:-

In 1791, the building was rented out for the first time by the Earl of Warwick for public use, with the intent of converting it into a school. The school, then known as St John's Academy, was founded by William T Fowler and was set up as a school for "Young Gentlemen" (as advertised on the hand-bill. Throughout the life of the school, its cohorts changed frequently. In 1828, the daughters of William Fowler, then running the school, changed it to a school for girls.[/i]

Many thanks
ROB