¹Black-edged paper
²During the 1850s Oxford and Cambridge had established written examinations to test the adequacy of the teaching in boys’ schools. They became known as 'local' examinations because they were held at centres throughout the country. In 1863 Emily Davies, the educational pioneer, had arranged for girls to be admitted informally to the Cambridge examinations, and in 1865 girls were formally admitted. CMY’s The Disturbing Element, or, Chronicles of the Blue-bell Society (1878) concerns a group of girls who come together to prepare for the Cambridge locals.