A History of the Girl's School of Christ's Hospital, London, Hoddesdon and Hertford
by William Lempriere
Cambridge University Press, 1924

The School Chapel, 1924
In addition to giving a detailed history of the Girls' School the book also includes the following list of Headmistresses:
| 1707 | Mrs Pricilla Moss |
| 1725 | Mrs Elizabeth Mallett |
| 1731 | Miss Mary Mallett |
| 1742 | Mrs Ann Maurice |
| 1751 | Miss Sarah Hall
(in 1755 Mrs Holland) |
| 1757 | Miss Frances Mason |
| 1761-1778 | [School Closed] |
| 1778 | Mrs Elizabeth Duncomb |
| 1787 | Miss Susanna Richardson |
| 1793 | Miss Ann Sparrow |
| 1826 | Miss Elizabeth Thompson |
| 1852 | Miss Sarah Ann Peacock |
| 1875 | Mrs Susan Lyster |
| 1878 | Miss Alice Elizabeth King |
| 1893 | Miss Margaret Ethel Robertson |
| 1921 | Miss Norah Cicely Craig |
There are similar lists of the stewards and the medical officers.
For some short extracts see SPARROW, Christs Hospital, Hertford, 1822
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