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Kingswood School, referred to as 'Kingswood', is an independent day and boarding school located in Bath, Somerset, England. The school is coeducational and educates some 950 children aged 3 to 18. It is notable for being founded by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in 1748. It is the world's oldest Methodist educational institution〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kingswood Preparatory School )〕 and was established to provide an education for the sons of Methodist clergymen. It owns the Kingswood Preparatory School, the Upper and Middle Playing Fields and other buildings. ==History== Kingswood School was founded by John Wesley in 1748 in Kingswood (then known as King's Wood) near Bristol and was established initially for the children of local colliers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Our History )〕 They were joined by the sons of the itinerant ministers (clergy) of the Methodist Church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wesley's gateway to the West )〕 After Wesley's death, Rev Joseph Bradford was appointed as the first governor in 1795.〔 Woodhouse Grove School was founded in 1812 and was linked with Kingswood as a prep school for much of the nineteenth century. Created in 1995, Kingswood Prep School currently has 300 pupils.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kingswood School Key Facts )〕 The total number of students educated on the Kingswood School campus between the ages of 3-18 is 960.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kingswood School Key Facts )〕 The 1862 book ''How it was done at Stow School'' written by Theophilus Woolmer seems to have been based upon the author's own experiences at Kingswood (rather than Stowe School which was not yet established) under the notorious headmaster Crowther who enforced harsh discipline in the school in the 1820s. The school moved to its present location on the northern slopes of Bath in 1851.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kingswood School )〕 The old site was occupied for a while by an approved school. The present site is in the midst of of the former Lansdown estate of the famous nineteenth-century millionaire eccentric, William Thomas Beckford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Kingswood School )〕 The Upper Playing Fields, comprising some 57 acres, are to the north of the senior school and include an athletics track and tennis and netball courts.〔 Sons of lay people were first admitted to the school in 1922. During World War II the Kingswood buildings were requisitioned by the government and used by the Admiralty for military planning purposes. The school was evacuated to Uppingham School and continued to function there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Williams, Revd Charles Kingsley )〕 The Mulberry harbours used on D-day for the landing on the Normandy beaches were designed at the school and for many years is was thought that they were named after the Mulberry tree that still exists outside the front of the school, whereas Mulberry was simply the next code word on a list. The Moulton Hall was named after old boy Lord Moulton but was remodelled as a library/learning resources area in 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Board of Management for Methodist Independent Schools )〕 and is now called the J O Heap library following a generous bequest by another Old Boy. During World War II the younger boys were moved to Prior's Court, an estate owned by Colonel Gerald Palmer, MP for Winchester. After the war the estate was purchased from Colonel Palmer and run as a Preparatory School until it was sold in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Prior's Court School )〕 A small number of boys (around six) started in the Junior house (Westwood) before the war, moved to Prior's Court on the outbreak of war, on to Uppingham and finally back to Kingswood at the war's end. Some girls were admitted to the Bristol site in the early days before the school became boarding only.〔 Girls were admitted to the school in its current form from 1972. 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「Kingswood School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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