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By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.orgThe Leys School, Trumpington Street
History of the Leys School
Pevsner’s Cambridgeshire notes that the school was:
‘founded by Methodists in 1875, The Leys is Cambridgeshire’s chief expression of public school architectural tradition. But at the heart is a villa built probably in 1815 (now Headmaster’s House).’
Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959: the Leys School, headmaster’s house …. the land was enclosed in 1811; the house is traditionally dated 1815, which is possibly on stylistic grounds, and shown on R G Baker’s map of 1830. …. inside many original fittings survive….
Listed buildings at the school are: The King George V Gateway & Library (1913-14), the Chapel (1905-6) and the Headmaster’s House (c1820).
Designated Building of Local Interest: North Block
There is a Wikipedia entry on the school.
The Leys
In the grounds of Leys College
1891
William Fiddian Moulton, 56, headmaster, b Staffs
Hannah, 51, b Beds
Elizabeth Green Moulton, sister, 48, b Salop
Mary Clunie, visitor, widow, 87, b Kent
George Edward Green, 28, assistant master modern, b Hunts
William Fiddian Moulton, 25, assistant master classical and modern, b Surrey
Alfred Hutchinson, 24, assistant master science, b Middlesborough
George Osborn, 27, assistant master mathematics and science, b Manchester
Charles Henry French, 29, assistant master mathematics, b Somerset
Joseph Clark Isard, 34, assistant master classical and modern, b Kent
Ernest Edward Kellett, 26, assistant master classical and modern, b Kent
1907
Presentation by Leys pupil to the Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1907
The Prime Minister came to the Leys School in 1907 to lay the foundation stone for the new gymnasium.
1913-4 King George V Gateway
George V Gateway Leys School
1941
Jack Overhill records in his diary for 4 May 1941:
I saw sheep and baby lambs on the playing field of the Leys School, now an annexe of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, this morning …
1930s – 1950s:
The HQ of the 60th Cambridge (Leys School) Scout troop which met in a Leys school hut.
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