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Richmond Convent - Location
That tireless traveller of The Kings England, Arthur Mee paid his first visit to Richmond some 60 years ago. Arthur loved every square yard of England with a passion but he was utterly besotted with Richmond. "The hand of time has spared it, and Nature has enshrined it in an almost matchless loveliness...this wonder of the ages, this glory unsurpassed in our own time and in own land."
More recently the British Architectural Society acclaimed Richmond as amongst "England's 35 most precious towns" and Nikolaus Pevsner commended it as "one of the most visually enjoyable small towns in England."
Richmond has a magnificent castle dating back to 1071 and set dramatically on a steep hill rising above the River Swale. There are three separate museums, beautiful riverside walks and the ruined abbey at Easby.
In 1850 Sister Terese Emmanuel and four sisters of the Religious of the Assumption created a foundation on this site, which was formerly an orphanage.
The Sisters established a school for the poor, educating the local girls working in the nearby mills.
The Assumption School finally closed its doors in 1993. On February 14th 2000 the buildings were damaged by fire and shortly after, the development was taken over by Carlbury Developments.
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