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Hugh Oldham (c. 1452 – 25 June 1519) was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter (1505–19) and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron of Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Born in Lancashire to a family of minor gentry, he probably attended both Oxford and Cambridge universities, following which he was a clerk at Durham, then a rector in Cornwall before being employed by Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother of King Henry VII), rising to be the chancellor of her household by 1503. During this time he was preferred with many religious posts all over the country, being made archdeacon of Exeter in 1502 and finally bishop of that city in 1505, a decision that was probably influenced by Lady Margaret.
He was a conscientious bishop who ensured that only educated people were appointed to ecclesiastical posts. His patronage of educational establishments included the foundation of The Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford for which he donated £4,000. After his death he was buried in Exeter Cathedral in a chantry chapel that he had caused to be built for that purpose. The chapel is decorated with numerous carvings of owls, which were his personal device.
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I'm heading east for the weekend. It looks like another cloudless weekend. I'm feeling pretty unlucky this year. I haven't been able to get out there as much as in previous years, and every time I've been out there, I couldn't bring the clouds with me.
It's a weird thing to be grumpy about. But here I am. Grumpy about a clear sky.
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'Grammar'
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Washington
May 2022
The biggest Tulips I ever did see. They were about 6 inches across
Grammar School Stafford UK 4th April 2021
The clock tower of the Launceston Grammar School catches the last rays of the setting sun. The school was established in 1846 in the heart of Launceston itself, but moved to this Mowbray campus in 1924.
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We came across this old fashioned public school as we were driving to a local supermarket whilst on a short break away with my in laws.
I entered the school grounds to take this shot one evening. The school term had finished. Here are the prices if you’re thinking of funding a pupil to go there 😄..
Happy Registration and Acceptance..
A non-refundable fee of £30 is charged for each pupil at the time of registration. On acceptance of a place, a deposit of £100 is payable for day pupils and £500 for boarders. Any remaining deposit will be repaid without interest when the pupil either leaves the School or completes their education at Kirkham Grammar School.
Fees per Term from September 2022…
Senior SchoolSenior SchoolDay: £4,399
Junior SchoolJunior SchoolDay: £3,287
Pre-School(3 – 4 years)Full week: £260.82
Full day: £57.96*
*Fees are invoiced on a termly basis and extra days are invoiced separately.
These fees cover tuition, use of class text and library books, school stationery, scientific equipment, games apparatus; they DO NOT cover the cost of field courses, GCSE examinations or A-level modular re-sits.
Senior SchoolBoarding: £4182
*in addition to the Day fee
Kirkham
Lancashire
What can I say. A nice place for a stroll on Sunday afternoon and a brilliant place for fungi. It has some lovely trees.
You'd think someone at Cox corporate would have caught this on their mass-billing envelopes. Well, then again, maybe not.
FRENCH : Pour démarrer cette journée je commande un light break au StarBucks proche de la gare centrale. Ici se niche une noria de costumés impeccablement armés de PC portables allumés comme des cierges dans une église, plusieurs Smartphone à la main et tablettes en stand by. Tous branchés à chaque table. L'ambiance est si studieuse que cela me paraît froidement carcéral. Je shoot la scène. Un peu plus tard je suis devant le ministère des affaires étrangères où, seul, un homme crie haut et fort son désaccord sur d'hypothétiques accords sino-japonais. Plus loin je découvre le quartier populaire d'Akasaka puis plus à l'ouest encore, le magnifique et envoûtant cimetière d'Aoyama que je désirais tant "m'y immerger". Lieu où les sépultures se dressent hautes, comme les buildings de la ville qui s'érigent en face au lointain. Une grammaire architecturale où vivants et morts auraient les même velléités érectiles. Je déjeune plus tard aux abords "bobo" d'Harajuku où des baby doll sucent leurs doigts salés de plats à emporter avant que d'aller me perdre dans le parc du temple Meiji Jingu où je trouve une collection de fûts millésimés des plus beaux bourgognes de France ! En fin de journée je plonge enfin dans Shibuya où l'effervescence des foules s'organise comme des nids d'abeilles mode line autour de ruches électrisantes. Cette journée fut si dense, si épuisante que je rentrerai tôt dans la nuit à mon hôtel pour une nuit de repos non agité.
ENGLISH : To start this day I order a light break StarBuck near the central station. Here is a noodle of impeccable costumed armed laptops lit, several Smartphone in hand and tablets in stand by ... all connected to each table. The atmosphere is so studious that it seems coldly prison. I shoot! A little later I am in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where, alone, a man shouts loudly his disagreement on hypothetical Sino-Japanese agreements. Further afield I discover the popular district of Akasaka then further west, the beautiful and bewitching Aoyama cemetery that I wanted so much "to approach". Place where the burials rise high, like the buildings of the city which are raised in front of the distance. An architectural grammar where living and dead would have the same erectile impulses. I lunch later at the BoBo of Harajuku where baby dolls suck their salted fingers of takeaway before going to lose me in the park of the Meiji temple Jingu where I find a collection of vintage barrels of the most beautiful Burgundy of France! At the end of the day I finally plunge into Shibuya where the effervescence of the crowds is organized like fashion line bees around electrifying hives. This day was so dense, so exhausting that I will return early in the night to my hotel for a well deserved rest.
Burnsall Grammar School. Built in 1601, with money from William Craven, born in Burnsall. He then went on to be Lord Mayor of London.
A healthy one. Oddly there were far fewer than the last few years and yet the very rare Powdercap Strangle appeared for the first time. The Parasite grows up through the stem and puts out a purple mushroom cap. It is much smaller than the host .
Grammar School Stafford UK 5th November 2023
Designed by Augustus Pugin.
Not been inside but love the exterior. The grounds are full of interesting nature. One of the fungus species we found there is globally rare.
Grammar School Stafford UK 22nd February 2022
Blushing Wood Mushroom
Grammar School Stafford UK 21st January 2024
It has been -4C. for days, so I was amazed to find this. There were even two button ones coming through.
A fly which disguises itself as a wasp. The larvae are internal parasites of bumblebees. Record sent in.
15 mm Stafford Grammar School Stafford UK 7th August 2022
Photos sent off for ID UPDATE Less than 40 records for Staffordshire so a good spot.
This survived several days of below freezing temperatures. I took a pic of the same fungus a week before and left the cap there.
The moss is Springy Lawn Moss and it makes this a lovely bouncy bit of grass to walk on.
Grammar School
Stafford UK 21st January 2024
Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, of York, who petitioned a charter from Queen Elizabeth I to set up a governing body. The early School taught Latin, Greek and sciences, including arithmetic and geometry. Although the School closed in 1909, the building functions today as Hawkshead Grammar School Museum and is open to the public.
Notable former pupils included William Wordsworth.
Murphys Grammar School is California’s oldest school building in continuous use as a school. Built in 1860 for $4000, it has two rooms. The entire building is 40'x60' which means it cost about $1.50/sf to build back then.
Dr Albert Michelson attended this school and later won America’s first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907 for his work in determining the velocity of light, which later aided Einstein’s development of his relativity theories.
The front bumper has also been changed since a similar design was posted in this poorly grammared WIP. Same basic design, but completely rebuilt and probably veeryy fragile. But really chuffed with it.
Metroline VW1828, BK10MFJ, on route 207 to Shepherd's Bush at Twyford Avenue in Ealing Common.
The days of seeing an apostrophe in Shepherd's Bush are over as powers up high in TfL have decreed that Shepherd's Bush is no more, and now will only ever will be Shepherds Bush without the apostrophe. This is despite the area originally belonging many years ago to a person called Mr Sheppard which, over the centuries, evolved into Mr Shepherd. However despite all this, both underground stations in the area will continue to maintain the apostrophe in Shepherd's Bush as is grammatically correct.
Anyone for consistency?
Little Carrie needs some more old fashionated grammar lessons, to be able,
to read all these old english books.
(And 'mom' sometimes, to leave some proper english comments...:)
An alternative look at the Former Grammar School, Daventry, which will be demolished to make way for the unwanted cinema.
23rd February 2019.
An unusual, older Shop Rite along Rt. 9 in Old Bridge the land of Shop Rite supermarkets in New Jersey.
This one sets itself apart being compact and time-warped in a bit of a dilapidated area along the busy 9 stretch. This Old Bridge location stunts as surrounding stores are twice and even triple the size with modern amenities (including one with a revolving vestibule!). As we shot this, an employee offered to get me a "wagon" then proceeded to give a confused look...
Additionally, we won't dock this one for its lack of proper grammar.
Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of thirteen secondary schools run by the Aberdeen City Council educational department.
It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, with a history spanning more than 750 years. Founded around 1256, the year used in official school records, it began operating as a boys' school. On Skene Street, near the centre of the city, it was originally situated on Schoolhill, near the current site of Robert Gordon's College. It moved to its current site in 1863, and became co-educational in 1973.
In 1970 the school's name was changed by the City of Aberdeen Education Committee to a more accurate, less ceremonial "Rubislaw Academy" but in 1977 the name was reverted to "Aberdeen Grammar School" by the Grampian Regional Council, who at that point were responsible for education in Aberdeen.
Although the school is named Aberdeen Grammar School, the school is not a Grammar School, The state school does not choose its own students and instead has a catchment zone like other schools in Aberdeen, Scotland.
In an annual survey run by the British broadsheet newspaper The Times, Aberdeen Grammar was rated the 15th best Scottish state secondary school in 2019, and second in Aberdeen behind Cults Academy.
The most notable former student is Lord Byron, the Romantic poet and writer who spent a short amount of time at the school before his move back to England as a 10 year old. A statue of him was erected in the front courtyard of the school. Alumni include Scottish international footballer Russell Anderson and mathematician Hector Munro Macdonald. [Wikipedia]
The Grade I Listed Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset.
Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral. The chapel and great hall were built between 1275 and 1292 for Bishop Robert Burnell. The windows had stone tracery. Stone bosses where the supporting ribs meet on the ceiling are covered with representations of oak leaves and the Green Man. The building is seen as a fine example of the Early English architectural style.
In the 14th century, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury continued the building. He had an uneasy relationship with the citizens of Wells, partly because of his imposition of taxes, and surrounded his palace with crenellated walls, a moat and a drawbridge. The 5 metres (16 ft) high three-storey gatehouse, which dates from 1341, has a bridge over the moat. The entrance was protected by a heavy gate, portcullis and drawbridge, operated by machinery above the entrance, and spouts through which defenders could pour scalding liquids onto any attacker. The drawbridge was still operational in 1831 when it was closed after word was received that the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol was subject to an arson attack during the Bristol riots. These took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The proposal had aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons; however there was no rioting in Wells. The water which filled the moat flowed from the springs in the grounds which had previously chosen its own course as a small stream separating the cathedral and the palace and causing marshy ground around the site. The moat acted as a reservoir, controlled by sluice gates, which powered watermills in the town.
The north wing (now the Bishop's House) was added in the 15th century by Bishop Beckington, with further modifications in the 18th century, and in 1810 by Bishop Beadon. It was restored, divided, and the upper storey added by Benjamin Ferrey between 1846 and 1854. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1548, Bishop Barlow sold Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset the palace and grounds. These were recovered after the Duke's execution in 1552.
In the 1550s, Bishop Barlow sold the lead from the roofs of the great hall. This resulted in it falling into a ruined state. It can be seen in an engraving of 1733 but was largely demolished around 1830 by Bishop Law. He created a "more picturesque ruin" by removing the south and east walls and laying out and planting the area previously occupied by the great hall. The palace was used as a garrison for troops in both the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion after which it was used as a prison for rebels after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
Bishop Kidder was killed during the Great Storm of 1703, when two chimney stacks in the palace fell on him and his wife, while they were asleep in bed. A central porch was added around 1824 and, in the 1840s and 1850s, Benjamin Ferrey restored the palace and added an upper storey. He also restored the chapel using stained glass from ruined French churches.
The palace now belongs to the Church Commissioners and is managed and run by The Palace Trust. The main palace is open to the public, including the medieval vaulted undercroft, chapel and a long gallery, although the Bishops House is still used as a residence and offices. There is a cafe overlooking the Croquet Lawn. The palace is licensed for weddings and used for conferences and meetings. The croquet lawn in front of the palace is used on a regular basis. The palace was used as a location for some of the scenes in the 2007 British comedy Hot Fuzz, and more recently in the 2016 film The Huntsman.
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Grammar school, built 1664. Coursed polychrome rubble with granite dressings; steep slate roofs with coped gable ends with kneelers and finials. PLAN: overall T-shaped plan with an arcaded front range with schoolroom to 1st floor and schoolmaster's house in cross wing at right angles to rear centre. There is a later lean-to in the rear right-hand angle. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 7-bay arcade of 2-centred arches on Tuscan columns; relieving arches; 2 similar bays to left-hand return, and mid-floor string. 4 large transomed mullioned windows to 1st floor of front and 2 similar windows at rear left and right of wing. At either end is a 2-centred arched 6-light window with Perpendicular tracery. Wing is 3 storeys with upper floor mostly in roof space: 2 x 3-light and 2 x 2-light mullioned windows to W elevation; 3-light window to 1st floor of E elevation and altered window to 2nd floor. INTERIOR: moulded round-arched doorway from rear of loggia into wing and former list description notes: C20 staircase in wing and heavy moulded door frame with carved stops to 1st floor. HISTORY: Joshua Reynolds was a pupil at this school and his father was a master. This is a magnificent example of a large building of this type and date completed in Perpendicular Gothic Survival style with some Classical influence affecting proportions and spacing of openings. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 684).
Education Offices (Former Grammar School), Non Civil Parish - 1322035 | Historic England.
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