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iJitendod thereby tci"j"-NOIore , t.h!> Aucieh, ~1
.Abbey of Bury St, Edmund'., IIIPpreoood at tho
Bef~:. In 1793 /.he 'FrenCh Beyolut.ion
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[the PriOI'Y ;wa' r..isOdl \0 i.ho.<Iighitji:'- of. an Abbey .. 1
by .Pope ·L eo , xiii. . iOn March - 18th, 1903, the · "
[Abbey woo 8IIpp..e-a ,by',yUtae 'Of- tho F.enclt .,
low 00 Religiono ~ati
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1St. Edmmfd's were ~xPeil
from\- France af~
a residence of ,nearly. 300 .
The Right Rev.!
[ne Lor~ Bishop', -of . , h " Dr. (q&hill)
moot geD~roualy placed hia ., .
. College. ~t,
the diopoMl 0[ ' 1/>8 ~ ..ho eo~ into_
'!Ie8Sion July -23rd, 1903, 'and ",,"ere 'tJiuj tb(e to
Continue unbroken their educationo.l · work. '-:'I:'

,BUILDIN~ : ~4TI' OIt, ~~: ~ ;

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The School 'at\khed to the Abbey-,hM in recent
yeara been entirely. j rebuil.t i1IJ4 ~, eljlar~ to ~·
&CC!>m~ . l50 boy .. , It .. lI_od throu~bou,t .
. with & hOt\~oy.t.m, '&~<I;' li~ -.rith .. Olectncitli.
The ,~ ltc?<im•• nd"JR~·JIooma-- largo
and Well velltnated~ a& alao
the DOi:mitoriea.
:Bath Roomo-"fittOd inith ' h:oI; , o.rid. , ooId ' w~,:,
la.va.tori••. and geri~ -.wtaiion ~; of~ the mOst
modern ty·pi.. ; Tho .. BaydOct ~Wing,'1 cont&iDing
U,e fin. --Study ' Hall, .'frOI(" '''!I. ~1I!ro.
Haydock, of Chamw,Ood, Tow~.... , "
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The most reoeilt ~pons~ completed in 1916,
include & :,p&cious~' ~iniDg Hall" Qn(t , Kitchen •.
Donnitory. B~J up.~·d6to Ohemical.,.and
i'hyoical La.boralOl'y, ,etc: The pJayins Soldo :01
Â¥> acres, 8~i~v l&i~ ~t for cri~bt and football, wen> onglDally part of Woo!bamM Park.
The School is rituated · in one, of tile -.most
' Borl!lIilire,
heo.lthy and ' pict..,...q.o pali.II
occupying the highest.{position in the, diAtrict on
t·h e 'range of hills whicp fOl'1D 'the northern border
9f thE! K ennet V.ILey, ~ Th6.oj) , ~ j~•.,e1 ILnd
the chm a,i.e dry and bracJIlg, - It \B ,1 nulo from
the Station IMidghem IG.W.R.), 10. mm.. . ....... 6f
RoadiDg\ 45 mil.. by ~l ' from London (P&ddin~..
ton). Col1nectiona wiiji. ~n,. give eUy ~i· •
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