Bromsgrove School
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Bromsgrove School was founded in 1553 and is located in the small, Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, UK. It was known as a chantry school in the Middle Ages and was then re-established in 1553 as a Tudor grammar school. Sir Thomas Cooke endowed a number of buildings on the present site in 1693.
Notable Old Bromsgrovians
- Ian Carmichael, Actor
- Alfred Edward Housman, Poet
- Digby Jones, Director General CBI
- Nicholas Evans, Author
- Trevor Eve, Actor
Five Old Bromsgrovians have been awarded the Victoria Cross:
- Percy Thompson Dean;
- Eustace Jotham[1] (http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/jotham.htm);
- Nigel Gray Leakey;
- Frank Bernard Wearne[2] (http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/wearne.htm);
- George Stuart White.
Contact Details
- Address:
- Bromsgrove School
- Worcester Road
- Bromsgrove
- Worcestershire
- B61 7DU
External links
- Bromsgrove School Website (http://www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk)
- Old Bromsgrovian Club (http://www.bromsgrovian.co.uk/)
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- The Five Victoria Crosses of Bromsgrove School (http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/vc.htm)
- Schools accredited by the Independent Schools Council (http://www.isis.org.uk)
- Bromsgrove International School Thailand (http://www.bromsgrove.ac.th)