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Beaminster Grammar School, known in its final years as Beaminster and Netherbury Grammar School, was a small grammar school in the town of Beaminster, in Dorset, England, founded about 1868 and closed in 1962. ==History== An earlier Beaminster Grammar School existed in the town in the 18th century, and one of its Masters, the Rev. Samuel Hood, was the father of two admirals, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816) and Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814).〔A. M. Broadley, ''Nelson's Hardy'' (1909), chapter 1 'Dorset and her Sailors'〕 This school had closed by 1820.〔 The later grammar school was founded after the closure of a school called the Beaminster Classical and Commercial School, which came to an end in 1868. Originally for boys only, the new school took boarders as well as day boys.〔Richard Hine, ''The History of Beaminster'' (Taunton: Barnicott & Pearce at the Wessex Press, 1914), pp. 385-387〕 In 1904, Dorset County Council made the school a specialist centre for agriculture. A fund was opened to provide more accommodation, and the local member of parliament, Colonel Robert Williams, donated £300.〔'Court Circular' in ''The Times'' newspaper, issue 37566 dated 1 December 1904, p. 6〕 Writing about the 1910s fifty years later, old boy Ralph Wightman recalled that "The masters were kindly, and corporal punishment was almost unknown. I was at Beaminster under two Headmasters, and the second, Mr L. Skyrm, did not cane anyone..."〔Ralph Wightman, ''Take Life Easy'' (1968), p. 50〕 After the First World War, the school merged with a similar establishment in neighbouring Netherbury and was renamed the Beaminster and Netherbury Grammar School.〔The Education Authorities Directory'' (1924), p. 235〕 It was by then co-educational, which was unusual for a secondary school in the first half of the 20th century. In 1923, an Old Boys' and Old Girls' Association (OBOGA) was founded.〔Katy Potatie, (Alumni of Beaminster and Netherbury Grammar School are celebrating 90 years of reunions ) dated 05/07/2013 at beaminster.net, accessed 1 February 2024〕 In the 1920s, some children were still coming to school on horses.〔 In the 1930s, the number of pupils was about 130.〔Marie de G. Eedle, ''A History of Beaminster'' (1984), p. 188〕 In the 1950s there were both weekly and termly boarders, the boys sleeping at School House in Hogshill Street, the girls at Tucker House on the other side of the road, until later the girls were transferred to a house called Woodlands on the Bridport Road and Tucker House became a second boys' house. There was a flourishing Combined Cadet Force.〔Derek Woodland, (Boarding in Beaminster ), article from ''Dorset Life'' magazine dated February 2008〕 The school was successful at cricket,〔Stuart Broom, (BRIDPORT: Farewell to a cricketing legend ) dated 13 December 2012 at viewfrompublishing.co.uk, accessed 1 February 2014〕 and day children had their school lunches at a nearby inn, the Red Lion.〔(Old Beaminster and Netherbury Grammar School pupils to get together ) dated 22 November 2012 at bridportnews.co.uk, accessed 1 February 2014〕 However, in December 1962 the school was closed, largely because its small size of about 150 pupils made it relatively expensive to operate. A new comprehensive school replaced it. The old school association, OBOGA, was still going strong in 2013, when it celebrated its 90th annual reunion.〔 Since the 1960s School House has been subdivided into 49A and 49B Hogshill Street, with a new development at one side called School House Close. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beaminster Grammar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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