Weymouth College (public school)

For the present-day establishment, see Weymouth College.

Weymouth College was a public school in Weymouth, Dorset, England, from 1863 to 1940.^[1] It closed during the Second World War because of the risks from its proximity to naval bases at Weymouth and Portsmouth, and the boys and some staff moved to Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire.^[2] A new house was formed at Wellingborough to accommodate the 33 pupils who moved, and Weymouth House still exists; since 1989 it has been the girls' house of the school.^[3]

Weymouth College aimed "to provide for the sons of gentlemen a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class".^[4]

The building was designed by George Rackstraw Crickmay in 1864. Pevsner described the building as "The High Victorian style in a very debased form", and the chapel, 1894-96 as "really no better". In 1972 the building was in use as a College of Education.^[5] It is now a residential conversion. Some of the chapel furnishings are in St Aldhelm's Church, Spa Road, Weymouth

Former pupils

Notable former pupils include:^[2]

Louis Leakey, archaeologist and naturalist
Nigel Malim, Royal Navy admiral^[6]
C. F. D. Moule, theologian
George Stainforth, flying speed record breaker
Henry Sturmey, co-inventor of Sturmey-Archer bicycle hub
Francis Warman, Archdeacon of Aston 1965-77
John Phillips, Bishop of Portsmouth 1960-75
Hugh Gough, Archbishop of Sydney 1959-64
J. Meade Falkner, author of Moonfleet
C. F. G. Masterman,Liberal party politician and Cabinet Minister

Notes

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1 2 "Old Weymouthians". The parish of Radipole and Melcombe Regis. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
↑ "Weymouth Profile". Wellingborough School. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ Patons list of schools and tutors. 1929. p. 497.
↑ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). Dorset. Pevsner architectural guides: The buildings of England. Yale UP. p. 452. ISBN 9780300095982. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
↑ Rear Admiral Nigel Malim CB LVO DL at marketrasenmail.co.uk, accessed 3 July 2013

Schools in Dorset (including Bournemouth and Poole)

Primary	Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy Longfleet CofE Primary School

Middle	Emmanuel CE Middle School St Michael's CE Middle School

Secondary	All Saints CE School Avonbourne School Beaminster School The Bishop of Winchester Academy The Blandford School The Bourne Academy Budmouth College Carter Community Sports College Corfe Hills School Ferndown Upper School Gillingham School Glenmoor Academy The Grange School The Gryphon School Harewood College Highcliffe School Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy LeAF Studio Lytchett Minster School Magna Academy Oak Academy Poole High School The Purbeck School Queen Elizabeth's School St Aldhelm's Academy St Edward's RC & CE School St Peter's RC School Shaftesbury School The Sir John Colfox Academy Sturminster Newton High School The Thomas Hardye School Twynham School Wey Valley School and Sports College Winton Academy The Woodroffe School

Grammar	Bournemouth School Bournemouth School for Girls Parkstone Grammar School Poole Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)	Castle Court School Dumpton School Hanford School Port Regis School Sherborne Preparatory School

Independent	Bournemouth Collegiate School Bryanston School Canford School Clayesmore School Leweston School Milton Abbey School Ringwood Waldorf School St Mary's School, Shaftesbury Sherborne School Sherborne School for Girls Talbot Heath School

Further education colleges	Bournemouth and Poole College Kingston Maurward College Weymouth College

Former	Beaminster Grammar School Cranborne Chase School Durnford School Homefield School The Old Malthouse Swanage Grammar School Uplands School Weymouth College (independent)

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