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tioners reside in the choir house, with the head master. fellow of W adham College, and the facade in particular
In 1893 a new choir school house of red brick with stone is generally regarded as a most successful reproduction
...... erected .i
..n Brewer street, H
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from
esigns f the quaint peculiarities of this style; the projecting
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H7. W. Moore, architecctt,. The
portico bears the arms of the city, and the front has
was installed with electric light in 1901.
a clock given by Mr. Alderman Hughes J.P. : the build­
Governors, the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church.
ings lie somewhat retired from the street and separated
Head Master, Edward Peake M.A.
from it by an open courtyard, fenced in with stone
piers connected by iron railings extending along the
New College School
hole frontage and consists of two storeys, connected by
New College School was founded in 1380 for the w
staircases, with four classrooms and a fine large hall:
education of the College choristers, but the present th
behind the school is nearly three quar­
bead master receives private boarders and the school is teresplayground
acre and is supplied with a covered shed for
alsoopen to day boys. A new school house and school use ionf an
wet
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h
er, a good fives court and a gravelled
were erected in i9°5’ Savile road, and stand upon ennis court. Attached
to the school are Exhibitions
alarge piece of ground in an open and healthy locality. t
to the University, tenable for 3 years; one given by
Governors. The Warden and Fellows of New College.
the late Professor Thomas Hill Green M.A. a governor
Head Master, Francis Charles Carter M.A.
and promoter of tbe school (d. 26 March, 1882); another
Assistant Master, Ernest Smith M.A. and an efficient by Mr. Claude Joseph Montefiore, of Balliol College, in
staffof masters.
memory of his brother, Mr. Leonard Abraham Monte­
Magdalen College School,
fiore B.A. of that college, d. 6 Sept. 1879; and a
Founded in 1480, was originally one of the famous third has been raised as a memorial to the late Pro­
tchools, and in the reign of Edward VI. ranked with fessor Green. Scholarships are awarded yearly to boys
Eton and Winchester. It afterwards lost its prestige under 15 and under 12, who are already in the school;
and became only a choir school for the college choristers, others to boys under 12, who have been educated at
but this exclusive character has long since been aban­ the Public Elementary schools in Oxford, but the scholar­
doned, and in recent years the school has won a leading ships are tenable only at this school, their number
position among public schools of the first grade. The being variable and depending on subscriptions: Balliol,
school buildings lie westward of the college and include a All .bouls, Oriel, Brasenose, Christ Church, University,
large and lofty schoolroom in the Perpendicular style, Coipus, Jesus and Merton Colleges are contributors and
erected in 1849-51, from designs by J. C. Buckler and there are also some private subscribers. The Corpora­
Sons, architects, with a bell turret on the north side tion has voted an annual sum of £113 8s. for the main­
and adjacent class rooms, built about 1868, under the tenance of 9 Public Elementary School Scholarships.
direction of Mr. C. Buckeridge, architect, of Oxford. The school is managed by a body of 22 governors, of
On the walls of the schoolroom are portraits of Cardinal whom 9 represent the Town Council. 4 are ex-officio. 3
Wolsey, William Camden, the eminent antiquary, Dr. nominated and 6 co-optative.
Martin Joseph Bouth, president of the college, 1791- Head Master, A. W. Cave M.A.
1854, and others. Northward extends a spacious play­ Assistant Masters, E. H. Binney M.A., Rev. H. R. Hall
ground, bounded on two sides by Magdalen grove, and
M.A., F. C. Gillespie M.A., J. E. Badham M.A., Rev.
on the west by Long Wall street and at the north end
C. H. Meyrick M.A., G. E. Evans, A. Buckley, Rev.
of this is the school chapel. In 1893-4 a new school
P. G. Latham M.A., J. S. Arthur B.Sc., C. Kemshead
house was erected on a site known as “The Willows,”
M.A. Ernest Walling M.A. and H. B. Price.
south-east of Magdalen bridge: the buildings are of
Oxfordshire stone, in the Domestic style of the 17th St. Edward’s School, Woodstock road, Summextown.
This school, first founded in 1863 by the Bev.
century, from designs by Sir A. W. Blomfield kt. A.R.A.
and Sons, and comprise a master’s house, dining hall, Thomas Chamberlain, vicar of St. Thomas the Martyr,
studies, dormitories &c. for 52 boarders. There are two after having been for some years located in a private
exhibitions tenable at the University, eight exhibitions house in New Inn Hall street, Oxford, was transferred
tenable at the school, four ex-chorister pensions, eight to its present site in 1873. The buildings form a con­
Greene exhibitions and sixteen choristerships. The siderable pile of red brick with stone facings in the
sixteen choristerships and the exhibitions are tenable Early English style, erected from designs by Mr. W
only at the school, which is at present conducted under Wilkinson, architect, of Oxford, the first portion of
a scheme of the college, framed in 1875, and a statute which was opened on 25 Nov. 1873 : the principal build­
made by the Universities’ Commission in 1872: the ings surround three sides of a spacious quadrangle,
present number of boys is about 92, of whom 52 are and consist, on the north, of the school-house, with
boarders and 40 day boys. Among the distinguished dormitories for more than 100 boys, a dining ball,
alumm may be mentioned Thomas Cooper, Dean of masters’ rooms and class rooms; at the western end
tnnst Church, and successively Bishop of Lincoln 1570- of this block is placed the warden’shouse; at the other,
-b an, Winchester 1584-94; William Camden, herald connected with it by a cloister, stands the chapel, a
andanhquary, 1551-1623; Thomas Pierce D.D. president well-proportioned building of stone, with a tower and
spire at the south-west angle, consecrated 5 June, 1877;
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and near this is a large covered swimming bath, gymnasium,
f
Z l feCen tbe * evL Hides M.A. hte tellow of ives court and carpenter’s shop; the east side com­
InSiS°f Llncoln' and author of “Greek prises a schoolroom. 84ft. by 28ft. beneath which are
aj !?;
and J-R-Green M.A. Hon. LL.D.Edin. the library and two class rooms ; the south side is
designed for dormitories and class rooms; the west
?88? tL v ?1Sf
t0.ry 0f the En-lish people,” d. 7 March. s
Bi«W fT i
d masters includes John Stokeslev. ide, adjoining the road, is occupied by the entrance
W ? U Tr?d(>n'*530-40; Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas lodge ; and on the opposite side is a cricket field, seven
1. D D. historian. 1638-1710.
acres in extent, and beyond it an artificial bathing
place. The religious teaching, framed on the lines of
\^;i,^aster'Charles Edward Brownrigg M.A.
the Prayer Book and Church Catechism, is systemati­
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Rev. cally and professedly dogmatic, while the course of
Inski? irnvSa:L
0har M 'A' (<*aplain). Rev. Wm. secular instruction is that ordinarily pursued in the
M A P I? Shuttlewonh Read M.A., J. L. Ettv b
est public schools, special arrangements being made
c' L Freeman M A - ' on the modern side for the study of modern subjects.
Scholarships of £50 and under are awarded annually
™<M, Miss Underhill.
D™ n e,B. H. Price.
Including the boarding house for 28 boys, the buildings
are available for 135 boarders; the number in attend­
ance in 1915, including day boys, was 131. The school
^undld°af0r? Hish Sch001 ,0r Boys’ George Street‘ is controlled by a body of 14 governors.
!»nctioned i(! .t"'Tl87,
8’ ln accordance, with a scheme
V
lile foundation r Lords °f the Treasury in that year, isitor, The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford.
Rev. William Harold Ferguson M..A. Keble
Pri"na LeonoM TiT
Iaid by H E H lhe lat(' Warden,
College, Oxford.
thaiunds?ere’A U-a ? A1? 1'3' K
T3 APril. >88ii
?15c ¿4000 nnS I) partly by the Corporation (who Assistant Masters. Wilfred H. A. Cowell M.A., L. Davies
M.A.. L. F. Cass B.A.. Rev. V. Hope M.A., N W
University in f t ,
Slte’ 'rdued at ¿4,000), by the
Hammond M.A., M. G. Robertson B.A., F. Barnes
by citiren! Iii>0rat<! caPacitY. by several colleges,
M.A., B M. Goldie M.A. and W. K. Stanton B.A.
theUniversity h»of mern,1ers cd Gie University alike;
(organist).
;“ing like A nr‘’ ro^J first to last, contributed some?innpin the reriloi
schools. The building is of
Ruskin College, Walton street.
ln ,878.at a cost nf S-Ueen AlU16 style> and tos erected
This college was founded by Mr. Walter Vrooman and
Jaekson esq. u , 4 I0>00°, from the designs ofT. G. Mr.
A. Beard, and opened February 22nd, 1899, i-.i
•» R.A., F.S.A. architect, and late St, C
Giles’, and was transferred to Walton street’ in
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