blue plaque · England

The Marist Sisters

The Old Convent Erected in the late 1800's this Victorian building, typical of the period, was further extended in 1905. Known as Dolforgan, it was owned by a local solicitor, Walter Frederick Thomas. Purchased by the Marist Sisters, and renamed 'The Convent', they opened their first school here in 1941, a popular educational establishment teaching primary and secondary pupils. From 1986, with fewer staff, it continued for some years as a nusery school. The remaining Marist sister retired in 2007. Aquired by the Ottery St Mary Town Council it was opened in 2009 as Council Offices and Police Station

Inscription drawn from imported open data, awaiting original TributeLegacy editorial.

Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

Nearby locations in England

Browse all memorials in England

Data sources

Location records are drawn from open, licence-clean datasets, kept here with attribution and gratitude to the people who maintain them.

Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

Editorial descriptions, photography and tribute links are original TributeLegacy work, layered on top of the open data.