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Woodleigh School was a preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13, located in the village of Langton, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1929 and closed in August 2012.〔 In its final year, it had 61 pupils, a mixture of day children and boarders.〔 The school was situated at Langton Hall, historically the seat of the Norcliffe family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Langton/Langton92.html )〕 The Hall that was leased to Woodleigh School, now owned by their descendants, the Howard-Vyse family, is a Grade II * listed building.〔("Langton Hall" ), National Monuments Record: Images of England; English Heritage Retrieved 27 April 2012〕 ==History== The school was founded in 1929 in Hessle, near Hull,〔 )〕 by the late Arthur England, grandfather of the last headmaster. There were no other boys’ preparatory schools in the area at the time. By 1930, two years after the school had launched, there were 25 pupils. During the war Woodleigh moved to Firby hall near Westow village in 1939. In 1946 the school moved to Langton Hall, south of Malton, in the Yorkshire Wolds. The hall is owned by the Howard-Vyse family, descendants of the Norcliffe family. The oldest part of the house, formerly the old manor house, was by then in a bad state of repair. During the Second World War Langton Hall had been used as a base for the Guards Armoured Division〔 while they had been preparing for D-Day. The Guards were reputedly visited by the Royal Family and Winston Churchill while they were based at the house.〔 (see also (excerpt from the first edition ) on the website of Woodleigh School)〕 The hall itself dates back to the 18th century. The north wing was built in 1738 and the south wing was added in 1840.〔 The hall was registered as a Grade II listed building with English Heritage in 1951.〔 The entrance gates on the east side of Langton Hall and the flanking wall, dating from the middle of the 19th century, were added to the listed buildings register in 1966.〔(Entrance gates to Langton Hall and flanking wall ). National Monuments Record listing at Images of England.〕 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「Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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