It was built in 1880 on Abington Street, and was run by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton, for girls aged 11–18.
The associated junior school of St Mary's was at the rear of the main building and opened onto Lady's Lane.
Silver - Trinity - The Holy Trinity Red - Campion - Blessed Edmund Campion Blue - Marion - The Virgin Mary Green - Aquinas - St Thomas Aquinas Yellow - Billart - Blessed Julie Billart Purple - Lescher - Frances Lescher (Sr Mary of St Philip) The school was closed in 1975,[1] and the students transferred to St Thomas Becket Catholic School.
After the schools was demolished, the cemetery was cared for by the residents of the housing built on the Lady's Lane gardens.
Until 2020, nearby was the headquarters of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, situated close to the north.