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Wixenford School
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Wokingham

England
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TypePrivate preparatory school
Established1869
FounderRichard Cowley Powles
Closed1934
GenderBoys
Age7 to 13 or 14
Old boysOld Wixenfordians

Wixenford School, also known as Wixenford Preparatory School and Wixenford-Eversley, was a private preparatory school for boys near Wokingham, founded in 1869. A feeder school for Eton, after it closed in 1934 its former buildings were taken over by the present-day Ludgrove School.

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Wixenford School

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51.400; -0.826 Wixenford School, also known as Wixenford Preparatory School and Wixenford-Eversley, was a private preparatory school for boys near Wokingham...

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Wixenford

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Wixenford is an area of the civil parish of Wokingham Without in which Ludgrove School stands. It adjoins Wokingham and is in the English county of Berkshire...

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Ludgrove School

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the former buildings of Wixenford School. Occupying 130 acres of grounds, Ludgrove is one of the last remaining prep schools to provide full fortnightly...

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Kenneth Clark

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delight, I felt that I had entered a new world". Clark was educated at Wixenford School and, from 1917 to 1922, Winchester College. The latter was known for...

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Lord Alfred Douglas

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marriage was annulled the following year. Douglas was educated at Wixenford School, Winchester College (1884–88) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1889–93)...

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Duff Cooper

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mother's first marriage. He attended two prep schools, including Wixenford. He was unhappy at prep school, but was then very happy at Eton College. At...

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Harold Acton

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schooling was at Miss Penrose's private school in Florence. In 1913, his parents sent him to Wixenford Preparatory School near Reading in southern England,: 17 ...

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Richard Cowley Powles

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and founding headmaster of Wixenford School. He was the son of John Diston Powles, and was educated at Helston Grammar School under Derwent Coleridge. There...

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David Herbert

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moved to the family home of Wilton, near Salisbury. Attending Wixenford Preparatory School, he was later sent on to Eton. David had brief stints as both...

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Alfred Duggan

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were brought up in Britain at Curzon's seats, and were educated first at Wixenford and Eton. Thereafter Alfred went to Balliol College at Oxford, where he...

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Cyril Maude

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English actor-manager. Maude was born in London and educated at Wixenford and Charterhouse School. In 1881, he was sent to Adelaide, South Australia, on the...

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Hubert Duggan

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aristocratic British families. Duggan was sent first to Wixenford, a fashionable prep school, and then to Eton College, where he was placed in Goodhart's...

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The Petersfield School

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The Petersfield School (TPS) is located in Petersfield, Hampshire, in southern England. The school opened on 20 June 1958 and remains the only state-funded...

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