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Woolverstone Hall School. Coordinates: 52°00′10″N 1°11′43″E. In the early 1950s the London County Council obtained use of Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk, and some 50 acres (200,000 m 2) of adjoining land for the purpose of establishing a secondary grammar boarding school for London boys.
- 1951
- Berners, Corner's, Hall's, Hanson's, Johnston's, Orwell
- London County Council
- Nisi Dominus Vanum
Woolverstone Hall on the banks of the River Orwell. Woolverstone Hall is a large country house, now in use as a school and available at times as a function venue, located 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It is set in 80 acres (320,000 m 2) on the banks of the River Orwell.
Hall and part of the park were taken over by the Admiralty and commissioned as H.M.S Woolverstone until March 1946 with around 1,000 personnel. On 5 June 1944 40 fully loaded landing craft left the Cat House for their long journey to the Normandy beaches. Prior to the D-Day landing H.M.S Woolverstone put
1 de jun. de 2018 · Ian McEwan. . .. attended Woolverstone Hall School from 1959 to 1966 in Johnstons House. According to Derek Thornbery, who taught him English at WHS, Ian showed no particular sign at school that he would go on to become a world-famous author and Booker Prize winner. Novels.
22 de abr. de 2013 · Woolverstone Hall was a boarding school established in 1951. Sited a few miles outside Ipswich, it was run by the Inner London Education Authority as a small, highly selective grammar school.
16 de set. de 2016 · The acclaimed author says the Suffolk grammar school was the making of him and turned him into a middle-class kid. He describes it as a classless, confident and well-educated place that slaughtered private schools at rugby.
Woolverstone Hall is a Grade I listed Palladian building on the River Orwell, with a tale of monkeys and a naval history. It is also a school, a theatre and a wedding venue in Suffolk.
