Hello Everyone,

In 1902 listed in Kelly's Directory for Coleford in Gloucester Road, there was a SPRINGFIELD HOUSE, a private, Young Ladies School, run by a Miss Mary Rowe Herbert.
Can anyone add any more information about this place e.g. who founded it or maybe a list of the Board members. Anything about this school even a photo would be welcomed.
Many thanks to all.
Valerie.

It looks like a typical small Victorian private school, one or two members of staff and a handfull of girls/boys.

Year: 1928
Month: Jul
Day: 28
Surname: HERBERT
Forenames: Mary Rowe
Residence: Spinster
Age_at_death: 74
Officiating_Minister: Rev[eren]d E R Vaughan
Event: Interment
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: (1) Coleford (2) [not stated] (3) J 27 (4) Unconsecrated (5)
Notes:
Register_Reference: DA25 / 204 / 30
Page_No: 48
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Cemetery

Year: 1911
Month: Jul
Day: 30
Surname: HERBERT
Forenames: Jane
Residence: Spinster
Age_at_death: 69
Officiating_Minister: A H Horlick
Event: Interment
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: (1) Coleford (2) North Div[ision] : Adult Gr[ave] (3) K27 (4) Unconsecrated (5)
Notes:
Register_Reference: DA25 / 204 / 2
Page_No: 8
Parish_Chapel: Coleford Cemetery

1911
HERBERT MARY ROWE F 1858 53 Monmouth Monmouthshire
HERBERT JANE F 1842 69 Monmouth Monmouthshire
+ others ?

1902
HERBERT Mary Rowe (Miss), ladies's school, Springfield house, Gloucester road

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4920; Folio: 8; Page: 8.

1901 Gloucester Rd Coleford
Mary R Herbert abt 1839 Bristol Head Coleford, Gloucestershire Principal of School / Professor of Music
Charles H Herbert abt 1851 Bristol Brother Coleford, Gloucestershire
Earnest P Herbert abt 1889 London, England Nephew Coleford, Gloucestershire
Frank S Herbert abt 1890 London, England Nephew Coleford, Gloucestershire
+ 7 Boarders

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4338; Folio 16; Page 25; GSU roll: 6099448.

1891 Sparrow Hill
Mary Herbert abt 1855 Bristol Head Newland, Gloucestershire Governess -Private School
James Thomas Herbert abt 1881 Marylebone, London, England Boarder Newland, Gloucestershire

1881
Mary B. Herbert abt 1854 Bristol, Somerset, England Governess Woodlands, Dorset

1881
William Herbert abt 1811 Garway, Hereford, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire Grocer
Jane Herbert abt 1844 Bristol Daughter Newland, Gloucestershire

1871 Market Place Coleford
William Herbert 59 Bristol Grocer
Jane Herbert 29
William Herbert 26
Ellen Herbert 24
Charles H Herbert 23
Mary R Herbert 17
Elizabeth Powell 15

1861
Mary Thomas abt 1785 Ross, Herefordshire, England Head Ross, Herefordshire
Sarah Thomas abt 1788 Ross, Herefordshire, England Sister Ross, Herefordshire
Mary Herbert abt 1854 Bristol Niece Ross, Herefordshire

Name: Mary Rowe Herbert
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bristol
County: Avon, Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 28

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If anyone is researching the Herbert family in the previous message, I would be interested to discover if they are part of "our" Herbert line. Anyone interested could possibly send me a message off line and we could perhaps exchange information. I have quite a lot of information on the Herbert families, and have posted many messages on this wonderful site in the past.
Regards Jean Herbert