|
The Ruabon Grammar School was situated in Ruabon, Denbighshire in north-east Wales. It provided a grammar school education to boys in the parishes of Ruabon and Erbistock. Ruabon Grammar School for Boys became a Denbighshire County secondary school in 1894 and new buildings, including classrooms and laboratories were added in 1896, with further major building works taking place in the 1920s and 1940s. The school's Latin motto was ''Absque Labore Nihil'' ((英語:Nothing Without Labour)). Pupils were divided into four houses: ''Madog''; ''Cynwrig''; ''Rhuddallt'' and ''Wynnstay''. == Founding == It was generally assumed that the school was founded in 1575 as this was the date which appeared on the school badge. However, this date is uncertain, as the early school records were completely destroyed in 1858 during the catastrophic fire which gutted Wynnstay, where the records were being kept at the time. Today a date of 1618 is thought to be more accurate. Records show that Thomas Ednyfed (or Nevitt), a Welshman who had made his fortune as a draper in London, England became one of the first benefactors of the school. The school developed as a boys' boarding school. The school originally stood at the top of Ysgoldy Hill, opposite the church, but in 1858 moved to a new site on the Penycae road between Mill Farm and Offa's Dyke. This new building had classrooms and a kitchen downstairs with dormitories upstairs. Famous ex-pupils of Ruabon Boys' Grammar School include: * Tom Ellis, Member of Parliament (Labour) for Wrexham from 1970 to 1983 (but defected to the SDP in 1981) * Frank Harris, writer * Isaac Daniel Hooson, poet and novelist * Meredith Edwards, actor * Nigel Edwards, footballer * Brian Griffiths, footballer * Arwel Hughes, composer and conductor * David Jones, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Clwyd West and Secretary of State for Wales * James Idwal Jones, Member of Parliament (Labour) for Wrexham from 1955 to 1970 * Thomas William Jones (later Lord Maelor), Member of Parliament (Labour) for Merionethshire from 1951 to 1966 * Llewelyn Kenrick, the 'father' of Welsh football * Ken Rees, the real 'Cooler King’ of Stalag Luft III * Robert Denzil Williams, Youth champion footballer and father of Mark Williams, ISS Comms designer. 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「Ruabon Grammar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|