Global Information Lookup Global Information

Winchester College information


Winchester College
The school seen from Winchester Cathedral
Address
Map
College Street

Winchester, Hampshire
,
SO23 9NA

England
Coordinates51°03′29″N 01°18′46″W / 51.05806°N 1.31278°W / 51.05806; -1.31278
Information
Type
  • Public school
  • Private co-educational boarding school
MottoManners makyth man
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1382; 642 years ago (1382)
FounderWilliam of Wykeham
Department for Education URN116532 Tables
WardenRichard Stagg
HeadmasterElizabeth Stone
Staffc. 350
GenderMale (Female at 16-18)
Age13 to 18
Enrolmentc. 740
Houses11 (10 Commoner or Old Tutor Houses plus College):
  • College
  • A. Chernocke House (Furley's)
  • B. Moberly's (Toye's)
  • C. Du Boulay's (Cook's)
  • D. Fearon's (Kenny's)
  • E. Morshead's (Freddie's)
  • F. Hawkins' (Chawker's)
  • G. Sergeant's (Phil's)
  • H. Bramston's (Trant's)
  • I. Turner's (Hopper's)
  • K. Kingsgate House (Beloe's)
Colour(s)Blue, brown & red    
PublicationThe Wykehamist, Quelle, The Spirit Lamp, The Trusty Servant
Former pupilsOld Wykehamists
School songDomum
Websitewww.winchestercollege.org

Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 as a feeder school for New College, Oxford, and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the nine schools considered by the Clarendon Commission. The school has begun a transition to become co-educational, and has accepted male and female day pupils from September 2022, having previously been a boys' boarding school for over 600 years.

The school was founded to provide an education for 70 scholars. Gradually numbers rose, a choir of 16 "quiristers" being added alongside paying pupils known as "commoners". Numbers expanded greatly in the 1860s with the addition of ten boarding houses. The scholars continue to live in the school's medieval buildings, which consist of two courtyards, a chapel, and a cloisters. A Wren-style classroom building named "School" was added in the 17th century. An art school ("museum"), science school, and music school were added at the turn of the 20th century. A war cloister was built as a memorial in 1924.

The school has maintained traditions including its mascot, the Trusty Servant; a set of "notions" forming a sort of private language; and a school song, Domum. Its headmasters have included the bishops William Waynflete in the 15th century and George Ridding in the 19th century. Former pupils are known as Old Wykehamists.

and 23 Related for: Winchester College information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8745 seconds.)

Winchester College

Last Update:

Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees...

Word Count : 4791

Winchester

Last Update:

city's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral. The city is also home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College, the oldest public school...

Word Count : 6473

Winchester College football

Last Update:

Winchester College football, also known as Winkies, is a code of football played at Winchester College. Its rules make it somewhat resemble rugby football...

Word Count : 2023

Bishop of Winchester

Last Update:

Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is at Winchester Cathedral...

Word Count : 1734

Eton College

Last Update:

Master, William Waynflete, founder of Magdalen College, Oxford and previously headmaster of Winchester College, built the ante-chapel that completed the chapel...

Word Count : 13688

History of Winchester College

Last Update:

The history of Winchester College began in 1382 with its foundation by William of Wykeham. He was a former Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to both...

Word Count : 1629

University of Winchester

Last Update:

origins tracing back to 1840 as a teacher training college, but was established in 2005. Winchester University is a member of The Cathedrals Group (officially...

Word Count : 3061

Radley College

Last Update:

College". Radley Village. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2010. "Winchester College in the 21st Century". Winchester College...

Word Count : 2778

Architecture of Winchester College

Last Update:

Winchester College is an English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 18. Its original medieval buildings from the 1382 foundation remain...

Word Count : 3007

Tom Sturridge

Last Update:

2001, Sturridge attended Winchester College, an independent school for boys in Winchester, Hampshire. He boarded at the College's House E (Morshead's)"Freddie's"...

Word Count : 1152

List of Old Wykehamists

Last Update:

are former pupils of Winchester College, so called in memory of the school's founder, William of Wykeham. He was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor...

Word Count : 8669

Winchester College Chapel Choir

Last Update:

Winchester College Chapel Choir is an historic British boys choir that sings in the Chapel of Winchester College. It contains boys under age 12 as well...

Word Count : 284

Winchester College in fiction

Last Update:

Winchester College appears in fiction both as a school and as fictional Old Wykehamists, people who had been to the school. At least 50 fictional Old Wykehamists...

Word Count : 740

Winchester College Ground

Last Update:

Winchester College Ground is a cricket ground in Winchester, Hampshire. The ground is the historic grounds of Winchester College, with evidence suggesting...

Word Count : 255

College

Last Update:

education, 'college' is used in the names of some private schools, e.g. Eton College and Winchester College. In higher education, a college is normally...

Word Count : 8705

Jesse Winchester

Last Update:

James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern...

Word Count : 1645

George Mallory

Last Update:

mid-1920s. Born in Mobberley, Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winchester College, where a teacher recruited him for an excursion in the Alps, and he...

Word Count : 26689

Hugh Dancy

Last Update:

at Winchester College. At age 18, he acted in the Winchester College Players production of Twelfth Night, which was performed in both Winchester and...

Word Count : 1377

Wang Sicong

Last Update:

and then entered Winchester College in United Kingdom. After graduating from Winchester College, he enrolled at the University College London (UCL) Department...

Word Count : 1085

Rugby Group

Last Update:

Wellington College, Berkshire Winchester College Five of the Rugby Group, Charterhouse School, Harrow School, Winchester College, Rugby School and Shrewsbury...

Word Count : 356

Rupert Wyatt

Last Update:

and raised near Winchester in Hampshire.[citation needed] He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford and Winchester College, Winchester. Wyatt is the...

Word Count : 459

Our Game

Last Update:

published in 1995. The title refers to Winchester College football; the two main characters were pupils at Winchester College long before the setting of the novel...

Word Count : 578

Dulwich College

Last Update:

the statutes and ordinances of the college, including drawing on the statutes of the already ancient Winchester College and visiting the more contemporary...

Word Count : 7502

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net