Albert College was a private school set up and run by Francis Phillips Cato between 1879 and 1891. The school was situated in a house called ‘Poplars’ in Church Street, Shirley. An earlier school, Poplar House Academy, had occupied the same premises between 1843 and 1865. A full page advert for Albert College in Adams's Southampton Almanac, 1886 includes a drawing of the school house and a list of subjects taught. Cato was also a Wesleyan preacher, so it is not surprising that Religious Knowledge came high on the curriculum. Cato was assisted by his daughter, Margaretta, who taught music.
Albert College
Advertisement from Adams's Southampton Almanac, 1886
Further reading:
‘Albert College’ by Veronica Green in Shirley from Domesday to D-Day, by Hilary Kavanagh et al, p29-31. (HS/h.SHI)
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