What is a "Lancastrian type" school?

Do you think a tailor on Strand street, might have hooked up with a furniture maker, such as Harry Stephenson?

Also, sounds like a lot of Saints for school names. Does that indicate Catholicism?

What is a "bur"? ... "in period 1851 to 1861 for Eleanor Gell/Gale... Might that be DOB?