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| Motto | Deus Dat Incrementum (1 Corinthians 3:6:"God gives the increase") |
| Established | 1843 |
| Type | Boarding school |
| Religious affiliation | Anglican Christian |
| President | The Rt Rev The Lord Bishop of Salisbury |
| Master | Nicholas Sampson |
| Visitor | The Most Rev The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Chairman of Council | Sir Hayden Phillips GCB |
| Location | Marlborough Wiltshire SN8 1PA England  |
| Students | 872 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 13 to 18 |
| Houses | 14 Boarding houses |
| School colours | Navy & White |
| Publication | The Marlburian |
| Former pupils | Old Marlburians |
| Website | www.marlboroughcollege.org |
Marlborough College is an English independent, co-educational boarding school in the county of Wiltshire. The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The Bishop of Salisbury is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Marlborough ( IPA /ˈmɔːlbrə/ " Maul bruh" is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities Navy blue is a dark shade of the Color Blue. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white worn by officers in the Royal Navy since White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative political and geographical demarcation Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye
Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. Currently there are just over 800 pupils, approximately one third of whom are female. New pupils are admitted at the ages of 13+ ("Shell entry") and 16 (Lower Sixth).
Marlborough was, in 1968, the first major English public school to allow girls into the sixth form, setting a trend that many other schools would follow. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees The College become fully co-educational in 1989. The College has also been pioneering in other fields, making a major contribution the School Mathematics Project (from 1961) and initiating the teaching of Business Studies at A level (from 1968); fagging was abolished in the 1920s. The School Mathematics Project is a developer of mathematics textbooks for Secondary schools based in Southampton in the UK. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, Fagging was the system in schools and particularly English public schools, whereby younger pupils acted as servants to the older boys In 1963 a groups of boys, led by the future political biographer Ben Pimlott, wrote a book, "Marlborough, an open examination written by the boys," describing life at the school. Professor Ben Pimlott ( 4 July, 1945 - 10 April 2004) was a leading historian of the post-war period in Britain
Nearly half the pupils in the school take individual music lessons, many on more than one instrument.
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School buildings
The college is built beside the Mound. This was used as the motte of a castle. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. No remains of the castle can be seen today. It is generally accepted that the Mound is actually of much more ancient construction and possibly a similar feature to Silbury Hill; indeed, it is a contender for the prize of Europe's oldest building. Silbury Hill is a 40-metre (130-ft high man-made chalk Mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. Legend has it that the Mound is the burial site of Merlin and that the name of the town, Marlborough comes from Merlin's Barrow. The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network ( MERLIN) is an Interferometer array of Radio telescopes spread across England and the Marlborough ( IPA /ˈmɔːlbrə/ " Maul bruh" is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a Mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves More plausibly, the name probably derives from the medieval term for chalky ground "marl" - thus "town on chalk".
The main focus of the college is the Court. This is surrounded by buildings in a number of different styles. At the south end is the back of an early 18th century mansion, later converted to a coaching inn which was bought as the first building for the school. This article is about coaching inns in general for individual inns see Stagecoach Inn (Disambiguation In Europe, from approximately the mid 17th Next to it are the old stables, now converted into boarding houses. The west side consists of the 1960s red brick dining hall, which boasts the largest unsupported roof in the country, and a Victorian boarding house now converted to other purposes. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The north west corner is dominated by its Victorian Gothic style chapel which has an interesting collection of pre-Raphaelite style paintings by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and stained glass by William Morris. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, of Hillhouse Cawthorne, latterly of Villa Nuti, Florence, was an exhibitor in the Royal Academy William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 was an English Architect, Furniture and Textile designer artist writer and socialist associated
The rest of the Court is surrounded by buildings in styles ranging from faux Tudor to classical Georgian and Victorian prison. The Tudor style in architecture is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485&ndash1603 and even beyond for conservative college Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The latter, B house, was (along with the College Chapel) designed by the Victorian architect Edward Blore, whose other works include the facade of Buckingham Palace (since redesigned) and the Vorontsovsky Palace in Alupka, Ukraine. Edward Blore (1787 - 1879 was a 19th century British Architect and Antiquary.
On the other side of the Mound is the Science laboratory, built in 1933 and designed to look like an ocean liner. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is an early example of shuttered concrete construction and was listed as a building of architectural significance in 1970. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Houses
Pupils are assigned to various Houses on entering the school. The house system is a traditional feature of British Schools and schools in ex- British colonies, similar to the collegiate system of a University These are where they live and make their home while at school. The Houses compete against one another in sports, but they are not exclusive and most people have friends from other Houses.
The Houses are divided into In-College Houses which are mostly gathered around the central Court and Out-College Houses which are located around the western side of the town. Unusually, the older In-College Houses were not historically given names but referred to by an alphanumeric title. Alphanumeric is a is Portmanteau of Alphabetic and Numeric and is used to describe the collection of Latin letters and Arabic digits A reorganisation a few years ago combined some houses and eliminated some of the older numbered Houses. More recently created Houses have been given names reflecting either their location or to commemorate a figure from the school's past.
Names of the Houses
| Boys In-College | Girls In-College | Mixed Out-College |
| B1 | Elmhurst | Turner (In-College) |
| C1 | Mill Mead | Cotton |
| C2 | Morris | Littlefield |
| C3 | New Court | Preshute |
| Barton Hill | - | Summerfield |
Until 1967, when Turner House and Summerfield became the first all-age houses, all boys entering the school first joined a junior house for three or four terms. George Edward Lynch Cotton ( October 29, 1813 – October 6, 1866) was an English and educator and churchman renowned for his connections William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 was an English Architect, Furniture and Textile designer artist writer and socialist associated There were five out-college junior houses - Priory and Upcot which were both closed in 1967, Barton Hill which became an all-age in-college house in 1974, Hermitage which had closed in 1911 but reopened 1974-77, and Elmhurst which was closed in 1988 and reopened as a girls' house the following year. There were two in-college junior houses (A1 and A2) which shared A house; these were closed in 1989 and reopened as a girls' house renamed Morris House.
At the same time the other senior houses began to take in boys directly from prep schools - Preshute (1970), Cotton (1976), Littlefield (1977) and the in-college houses in 1989. B2 (which had shared B house with B1) and B3 ceased taking in new boys in 1989 and were both closed in 1992.
When the College became fully co-educational in 1989, three girls' houses were opened - Morris, Elmhurst and Mill Mead; New Court was opened in 1991. Morris was moved in 1995 from A house to Field House, which had previously been occupied by B3 and C2. New houses were built to accommodate C3, which had previously shared C house with C1 (in 1989) and C2 (in 1992).
Southern Railway School's Class
The School lent its name to one of the steam locomotives in the Southern Railway's Schools Class named after prominent English public schools. A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. The Southern Railway (SR was a British railway company established in the 1923 Grouping. The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s. Both its nameplates are now on display at the school - one in the Norwood Hall and the other in the Science labs.
Old Marlburians
See List of notable Old Marlburians. The following is a list of notable Old Marlburians, former pupils of Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England.
References
See also
- Lists of independent schools in the UK
- Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
- Education in the United Kingdom
- List of Victoria Crosses by School
External links
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