Alice Harrison (1680 – 1765) was a British schoolmistress known for founding an influential Catholic school in Lancashire.

Her students paid a shilling and sixpence every three months and many would board locally at a charge of five pounds per annum.

Some of the students grew to be leading Catholics and were sent abroad for further study.

[2] The person who took on the leadership of her school after she retired in 1760 was the poet Peter Newby who was also an ex pupil of hers and of Douai College.

The plaque reads “WITHIN THESE HALLOWED GROUNDS REPOSE THE ASHES OF ONE WHO DID GREAT THINGS FOR GOD AND HIS CHURCH.