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HIGH WYCOMBE.

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SCHOOLS.
Superintendent Registrar, Bernard Lias Reynolds, Easton The Royal Grammar School was founded in 1550, by the
street, High Wycombe; deputy, John Rowland Avery,
Mayor & Burgesses of Wycombe, in pursuance of an
E a s to n s t r e e t
agreement made by them April 1st, 1548, with Sir
R e g i s t r a r s of Births & Deaths, Great Marlow sub-district,
Edmund Peckham k George Philyps gent, executors
T. A. Dunham, Great Marlow; deputy, Thomas V. under the will of George Juncklyn, deceased, whereby
Dunham, Marlow; Stokenchurch sub-district. Wilson
the hospital of St. John the Baptist, with the lands k
Cle^g, Stokenchurch; deputy, Edwin Judge, Stoken­ premises, were granted to the former for a sum of ¿£30,
church ; Princes Risborough sub-district, George on condition of their establishing a school within the
Weston, Princes Risborongh ; deputy, Tbcrnas Wright,
two years next ensuing. On the 18th July, 1562, this
Princes Risborough; Wycombe sub-district, Walter
property, together with the rents of the Fraternity of
R. Butler, 15 High street, High Wycombe; deputy,
the Blessed Mary, were surrendered to Queen
A. F. Lee, 15 High street, Wycombe
Elizabeth, & by her re-granted on the 21st of the
Registrars of Marriages, Thomas Stephenson, 12 Easton
same month, by letters patent, for the re-founding
street & West Wycombe road, High Wycombe; deputy,
of the school k the maintenance of four poor persons,
A. E. Taplin, 12 Oxford street, High Wycombe; & on the 29th June, 1878, was placed under the
Thomas Wright, Princes Risborough : deputy, George
provisions of a new scheme, framed by the Charity
Weston, Princes Risborough ; Walter Painter, StokenCommissioners, in accordance with the Endowed
chnrch; deputy, Albert E. Barney, Stokenchurch
Schools Acts of 1869, 1873 k 1874. The school is
now managed by a governing body of 17 persons, of
whom 11 are representative & 6 co-optative. There are­
PUBLIC OFFICERS.
now (1915) between 150& 160 boys. New school build­
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ngs have been built on a site 011 the hill top about a
Assistant Overseer, Frederick Turner, Church yard
mile from the railway station. The new buildings
Certifying Factory Surgeon, John Thomson Bell M.B.,
provide for 200 boys; there is also a head master's
B.S.Durh. Tudor house
house and rooms for 20 boarders. The playing fields,
Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes, John Clement
11 acres in extent, adjoin the buildings. The total
Parker, 14 Easton street
cost of the site & buildings Mas nearly £20,000.
Clerk to Wycombe Rural Sub-Committee of Bucks Local
The remains of the Norman hall of the Hospital of
Pension Committee, Thomas Wright, Belmont house,
St. John the Baptist, founded about 1175 (which was
Princes Risborough
embodied in the old buildings), & its Early English
chapel, stand just in front of the old school in Easton
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services.
street, erected in 1882,which has been bought by theAll Saints Church, Rev. Charles Philip Stewart Clarke County Council for the purposes oftechnical education.
M.A. vicar; Rev. John Frederick Nuthall M.A. Rev. Among the distinguished men who have received their
education at- this school may be mentioned Edmund
Cyril Bradley Hodson M.A. Rev. George Harold FenWaller, the poet; Sir Denis le Marchant bart. M.P.
dick M.A. Rev. Joseph William Chaffev Moore B.A. &
Rev. Edward Lincoln.Dalby B.A. curates ; 7, 8 & 10.45 Clerk of the House of Commons (1851-71); Lieut.-Gen.
a.m. k 2.30 k 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.30 a.m. k 5.30 Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant K.C.B., G.C.M.G. •,
General Sir Robert Percy Douglas bart. Lieut.p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m
Governor of the Cape, 1864-8, & Professor H. W.
Christ Church, Orendon street. Rev. Canon John Rusbby
Bristow; G. W. Arnison M.A. head master, who Mas
Smith, vicar; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs.7.30 p.m
St. Anne's Chapel of Ease, Marsh, Rev. John Frederick elected in 1905
Nuthall M.A. curate; sun. 8 & 10 a.m. & 0.30 p.m
Wycombe High School, in Hampden road, erected ira
St. John’s Chapel of Ease, West End, Rev. Joseph Wm.
1906, at a cost of £5,000, is a structure of brick witb
Ohaffey Moore B.A. curate; 8 & 11 a.m. & 2.30 k 6.30 terra cotta dressings, & comprises a large central hall,
p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m
seven class rooms & laboratory ; a new wing, in­
St. Andrew’s, North Town, Rev. Cyril Broadley Hodson
cluding dining hall, music rooms k additional class
ALA. curate; 6 p.m
rooms, Mas erected in 1911. The grounds have been
St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Very Rev. Canon James
enlarged k grass & hard netball k tennis courts
Flint & Rev. Charles S. Flynn, priests; mass, 8.15 &
added. The school is under the management of a
10.30 a.m (with sermon); instruction & benediction,
body of governors representing the Bucks County
3 p.m. ; devotions, sermon k benediction, 6.30 p.m. ; Council k the Wycombe Borough Council, with co­
week days, mass, 7.30 a.m.; wed. devotion & bene­ opted members; Miss M. Christie M.A. head mis­
diction, 8 p.m
tress; H. Haddon-, clerk to the governors
Baptist (Union), Easton street. Rev. George Miller Rice
& Rev. Alexander Collie; 10.45 am. & 6 p.m. ; thurs. Wycombe Science. Ait k Technical Schools in Frogmoor
Gardens, erected in 1893, at a total cost of £2,200, of
7-30 pm
which £540 was contributed by the Science k Art
Baptist, OakTidge road, same ministers as Easton
Department of South Kensington, were opened 13 Dec.
street; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thurs. 8 p m
j893> by Lord Carrington. The building has on the*
Baptist (Zion), Bridge street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.;
ground floor two class rooms, lecture room, laboratory,
mon. k wed. 7.30 p.m
Congregational (Trinity), Easton street & Crendon st. master’s room & lavatories ; the upper floor comprises
Rev. H. Charles Gaut; 10.45 a.m. k 6.30 p.m. ; a life room, elementary room, clay modelling room,
master’s room, cloak room & lavatories. The manage­
thurs. 7 p.m
ment is vested in the hands of trustees; W. J.
Congregational, Wycombe Marsh; 6 p.m
Stamps A.R.C.A. head master; William H. Marsh
Primitive Methodist, White Hart)
B.Sc.Lond. science master; Arthur Gardham B.Sc.
street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ;
Lond.
sec
wed. 7.30 p.m
Primitive Methodist, Slaterstreet; Rev. John G. Cushing Wycombe Abbey School, opened September 23rd, 1896,
is situated on the outskirts of the town within half a
10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; thurs. 8 }■ (superintendent) &
mile of the Railway station, & is a large & commodious
I Rev. William Booth
Primitive Methodist, Westbourne 1
building, surrounded by 36 acres of ground. The Abbey
street; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ;j
was purchased by the Girls’Education Company Lim.
■wed.7.45 p.m
j
from the Marquis of Lincolnshire, k has been con­
siderably altered k adapted, k now includes a veryUnited Methodist Church, Oxford road. Rev. William
complete Swedish gymnasium, together with music
Charles Smith; 10.30 a.m. k 6 p.m. ; wed. 7.30p.m
United Methodist Church, Newland. Rev. S. R. Strong­ rooms, a studio, a workshop, k a hall 120 feet long
man ; 10.45 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m
In connection with this school there are on the Marlow
road four semi-detached boarding houses, erected
Wesleyan Methodist, London road ;)
from the designs of Mr. W. D. Caroe F.S.A. : each
10.30a.m.& 6p.m.;wed.7.30p.m 1
holds 30 girls; the total number in the school being
esleyan Methodist, Priory road;IRev. W. Terry Coppin
240
45a.m. &6.15 p.m. ; mon. &
(supt.) & Rev. Arthurs..7.30p . m
thur Thomas Dean The school is governed by the council of the company.
Wesleyan Methodist, Victoria st. ,
President, the Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop of Southwark*,
IO-3oa.m.&6p.m.;wed.7.30p.n1^
Secretary, Edmund Larken esq. Bank street, Lincoln
Salvation Army Barracks, Frogmoor gardens
Mistress: Miss Whitelaw M.A. Trinity College,.
lBBion Room, Corporation street; 3 k 6.30 p.m. Head
Dublin
rv, °°: we(U & fri. 7.30 p.m
an Science Hall, 108a, Oxford road
Secretary, Miss FT Bailey
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