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Spennymoor Grammar School

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Spennymoor Grammar School (also known as Alderman Wraith Grammar School) was a selective state school in County Durham:[1]

History

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It opened in 1922, went through several name changes and finally closed in 2015.[2][3]

Notable former pupils

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References

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  1. ^ Durham University Archives
  2. ^ "Final moments of Spennymoor school". Wear Valley Advertiser. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Demolition of Durham Road School - Spennymoor". YouTube. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Sir Percy Cradock", Telegraph, 28 January 2010. online version
  5. ^ Aston, Nigel (14 December 2006). "Obituary: John McManners: British Religious Historian and Expert on the Ancien Regime". The Guardian, Obituaries. p. 36. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  6. ^ "Home - Newsquest". archive.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ Main reference for much of the information: article at Darlington and Stockton Times website.
  8. ^ "Jmes Walford Woodward". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ 'WOODWARD, Rev. Canon James Welford', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2018; online edn, Jan 2018 accessed 122 Jan 2018