York College for Girls was a girls' school in

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, England, founded in 1908 and closed in 1997. The school was founded by the

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(later the United Church Schools Trust) and opened with twelve pupils on 24 January 1908 in

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, York, in a building dating to around 1725. By 1997, the school had about 200 pupils and was in the same buildings with later extensions. In 1996, there were reports of a "cash crisis" and the school closed in 1997. The buildings are grade II*

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, and after the school closed they became the home of the restaurant ("the old school" in Italian), which is still in operation.

Former pupils

Notable former pupils include: *Dame

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(born 1933), singer *

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(1906–1987), historian * Mary Isolen Fergusson (1914–1997), civil engineer * Claudia Lawrence (born 1974), long term missing person

Former pupils

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