In 1820, Marie-Madeleine d'Houët, also known as Marie Madeleine Victoire, founded the society of the Faithful Companions of Jesus in Amiens, France.
There were 430 girls, with 58 in the sixth form[3] The University of Manchester acquired the site in the late 1950s for student accommodation (Fallowfield Campus), so a new site opened at West Didsbury in September 1961; a new preparatory school was built too.
[5] In 1983, RC Salford Diocese planned to amalgamate the school with the St Mark's school, on the St Mark's site, with the Hollies site closing in August 1984.
[citation needed] The site was demolished in the late 80s, and it is now a housing estate.
The school was around a half-mile north-east of the M63 (now M60) junction 5, close to the River Mersey, near the B5167.