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[[File:Alderman Newton's Greyfriars School building, Leicester.JPG|thumb|right|Site of Alderman Newton's Boys School, [[Greyfriars, Leicester]], from 1864 to |
[[File:Alderman Newton's Greyfriars School building, Leicester.JPG|thumb|right|Site of Alderman Newton's Boys School, [[Greyfriars, Leicester]], from 1864 to 1999.]] |
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'''Alderman Newton's School''' was a grammar then a secondary school in [[Leicester]]. It's pupils were known as Newtonians. The pupils wore a uniform of green coats. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, [[Gabriel Newton]].<ref>{{cite web |
'''Alderman Newton's School''' was a grammar then a secondary school in [[Leicester]]. It's pupils were known as Newtonians. The pupils wore a uniform of green coats. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, [[Gabriel Newton]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester |
|title=The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester |
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|author=I. A. W. Place |
|author=I. A. W. Place |
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|publisher=University of Leicester}}</ref> The school was closed in 1999 when it was merged by the local authority with two other local schools to form a single school.The road where the new school is located is named Greencoat Road in acknowledgement of the green coats |
|publisher=University of Leicester}}</ref> The school was closed in 1999 when it was merged by the local authority with two other local schools to form a single school.The road where the new school is located is named Greencoat Road in acknowledgement of the green coats formerly worn by Alderman Newton's School pupils.<ref>{{cite web |
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|title=Edubase: Alderman Newton's School |
|title=Edubase: Alderman Newton's School |
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|publisher=Department for Education |
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Revision as of 21:08, 6 January 2018
Alderman Newton's School was a grammar then a secondary school in Leicester. It's pupils were known as Newtonians. The pupils wore a uniform of green coats. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, Gabriel Newton.[1] The school was closed in 1999 when it was merged by the local authority with two other local schools to form a single school.The road where the new school is located is named Greencoat Road in acknowledgement of the green coats formerly worn by Alderman Newton's School pupils.[2]
Land at Greyfriars acquired by the school in 1863 later proved to be the site of the Greyfriars Church and Priory which contained the site of the grave of King Richard III.
Notable former pupils
- Sir Greg Knight (born 1949), Conservative politician
- Harry Morley (1881-1943), artist and illustrator
- Sir Edwin Nixon (1925–2008), IBM executive
- Theodore Plucknett (1897–1965), academic and historian
- Sir John Plumb (1911–2001), historian
- Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow (1905–1980), academic and novelist
- Trevor Storer (1930–2013), baker, founder of Pukka Pies
- Eric Trapp (1910–1993), Anglican Bishop of Zululand and later of Bermuda
- Sir Alan Walters (1926–2009), economist and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
Notes
- ^ I. A. W. Place. "The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester" (PDF). University of Leicester.
- ^ "Edubase: Alderman Newton's School". Department for Education.
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