In the most populous areas of Surrey, (e.g. Sutton, Wimbledon and Richmond) parents were for the most part obliged to be content to give their children an elementary education.

[2] The site was opened on 2 July 1895 on land in Kew Road, Richmond and was fee paying.

[4] The technical institute continued up to the Second World War when it was put on a war-time basis and used as an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) and ambulance depot.

Street was acting principal of Royal Holloway College (RHC), University of London, from 1944 to 1945 when Edith Clara Batho took over.

In addition, the college offers some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Westminster.