Английская Википедия:Elstree School
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Elstree School is an English preparatory school for children aged 3–13 at Woolhampton House in Woolhampton, near Newbury in the English county of Berkshire. The school is co-educational.
History
1848–1938 in Elstree, Hertfordshire
The school was founded in 1848 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill,[1] an 18th-century Grade II Listed Building.[2] Today the building is used as Bupa Care Centre.[3]
Since 1938 in Woolhampton, Berkshire
In 1938 or 1939 at the start of WW2,[4][5][6][7] staff and 70 boys moved to Woolhampton House, in the Berkshire village of Woolhampton, which at war end became Elstree’s permanent home, owned and run by the Sanderson family until 1961 when Elstree School was incorporated; Ian Sanderson remained headmaster until 1969 when Terrence McMullen became headmaster.
The building
Engraving before 1893
Woolhampton House is a 17th-century Grade II* Listed building.[8]
Notable former pupils
- Sir Alexander Robert Badcock (1844–1907), army officer.[9]
- James Blunt, singer-songwriter.[10][11]
- Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (1923-2019), Field Marshal.[6]
- Sandy Wilson (1924–2014), songwriter-lyricist.
- Christopher Bonham-Carter (1907–1975), naval officer.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Felix Cassel (1869–1953), lawyer.[12]
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), poet, writer, and traveller.[13]
- Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845–1940), engineer.[14]
- Sebastian Faulks (b. 1953), novelist.[15]
- Walter George Headlam (1866–1908), classical scholar and poet.[16]
- J. Bruce Ismay (1862–1937), Managing Director of the White Star Line and survivor of the RMS Titanic.[17]
- Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté (1887–1965), Royal Air Force Commander.[18][19]
- Archibald Campbell [Archie] MacLaren (1871–1944), cricketer.[20]
- John Whitehead (1860–1899), ornithologist and explorer.[21]
- George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934), Anglican priest.
- George Monbiot (b. 1963), environmental activist and writer.[22]
Notable teachers
- William Bather (1861-1939), first-class cricketer, was assistant master at the school 1884-94.[23]
- Danyl Johnson, singer on Series 9 of The X-Factor; dance teacher
- Frederic Meyrick-Jones (1867–1950), taught at the school from 1894–96
- Edgar Stogdon (1870–1951), athlete and cricketer, was headmaster from 1900 to 1903.[24]
Sports
- During the autumn term, soccer is the main sport, along with hockey and tennis. During the Lent term, rugby takes over from soccer, and hockey and cross country running continue. During the summer term, cricket is the main school sport, with swimming, athletics, and tennis also popular throughout the term. The school's sports day is the focus of a pupil's summer term.
References
Bibliography
- Hugo Vickers, Elstree 175: Celebrating 175 years of Elstree School (London: Unicorn, 6 July 2023) Шаблон:ISBN
- I. C. M. Sanderson, A history of Elstree School and three generations of the Sanderson family, Publ. Elstree School, 1978 (Privately Published)
- John Eddison, A History of Elstree School, 1979 (mentioned in: Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Chapter 3, Note 10)
External links
- Official Website
- Profile on the Independent Schools Council website
- ↑ Donald P. Leinster-Mackay, The rise of the English prep school, Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1984, Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN, 398 pages (note 32, page 33)
- ↑ Шаблон:NHLE
- ↑ "Hill House Care Home" at Bupa website, retrieved 21 May 2021
- ↑ "Elstree School, Berkshire Шаблон:Webarchive", ISBI school website, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:NHLE
- ↑ [Anon.], ‘Badcock, Sir Alexander Robert (1844–1907)’, rev. *James Falkner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ↑ "Danyl Johnson Update Шаблон:Webarchive" at Elstree School website, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ↑ "Biography" at The Guardian, retrieved 18 Sep 2011
- ↑ G. R. Rubin, ‘Cassel, Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn, first baronet (1869–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ↑ David George Hogarth, The life of Charles M. Doughty, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1928, 216 pages (page 2)
- ↑ W. L. Randell, ‘Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845–1940)’, rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 19 Sept 2011
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ N. G. Wilson, ‘Headlam, Walter George (1866–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ↑ J. Gordon Read, ‘Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937)’, 20school&pg=PT92#v=onepage&q=elstree%20&f=false page])
- ↑ Edward Chilton, ‘Joubert de la Ferté, Sir Philip Bennet (1887–1965)’, rev. Christina J. M. Goulter, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 18 Sept 2011
- ↑ Frances Wilson, How to Survive the Titanic Or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN. (Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34244, accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ↑ Michael Down, ‘MacLaren, Archibald Campbell (1871–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ↑ B. B. Woodward, ‘Whitehead, John (1860–1899)’, rev. V. M. Quirke, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 25 Sept 2011
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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