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| Established | 1499 |
|---|---|
| Type | Independent Co-Educational Boarding School |
| Headteacher | Geoffrey Boult |
| Location | Settle North Yorkshire BD24 0DE England |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Former pupils | Old Giggleswickians |
| Website | School Website www.giggleswick.org.uk school website |
Giggleswick School is an independent co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England.
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Early school[link]
The current Giggleswick school was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior and Convent of Durham, to James Carr the Chantry Priest at the local Parish Church of St Alkelda, for the express purpose of enclosing it and building, at his own expense, one 'Gramar Scole'. By 1512 the school consisted of two small, irregular buildings, next to the local parish church.
The school was run traditionally by the Chantry Priests until Edward VI dissolved the position. The school was saved, however, by the petition of the Kings Chaplain, John Nowell, and in 1553 it received its royal charter. This granted land to the school, and endowed it with the title: The Free Grammar School of King Edward the VI of Giggleswick. Some locals of a certain age still refer to Giggleswick as 'The Grammar School'.
There is some evidence that there was a school on the same site from an earlier date.
Giggleswick was one of only 27 schools listed in the Public Schools Yearbook of 1889, and certainly has claims to be one of the oldest public schools, although claims vary depending on the precise criteria used.
Victorian period[link]
The school continued in its original location until 1867, when it moved slightly further out of the village, and up the hill to its present location. At this point, a major expansion of the school and its facilities began.
New boarding accommodation was added, playing fields were laid out, and new classrooms were built.
The only remaining part of the second school, the Covered Courtyard, was later converted into a shooting range, used by the school's Combined Cadet Force contingent and other Territorial Army units.
School chapel[link]
In 1897, work began on the new school chapel, a gift from local landowner and school governor Walter Morrison. The eminent architect T.G. Jackson designed the building to Morrison's unusual specifications: a Gothic building with a dome, designed to fit into the surrounding landscape as naturally as possible. It was also Morrison's wish that the building should be completely fitted out and furnished inside, to allow for no unsympathetic alteration in the future.
The interior of the chapel was filled with an astonishing array of expensive fixtures and fittings. The pews were made of imported cypress wood, the floors were covered in marble, and the organ was made by Henry Willis & Sons, one of the leading organ makers in the country at the time. The organ was rebuilt in 2005 by GO-Organ Builders Ltd.
The dome of the chapel was covered in copper, which developed a covering of a very distinctive green verdigris for many years, only reverting to its original bronze after major restoration work began in the late 1990s. The interior of the dome was filled with mosaics depicting various angels playing musical instruments, with the four gospel writers at each corner of the base.
The current altar furniture is made of sterling silver and Brazilian rosewood. It was presented to the school in memory of Sir Douglas Glover, an old boy of the school, and later a school governor.
Modern school[link]
In 1934, the school was enlarged again, by the addition of a prep school called Catteral Hall (ages 7–13), over the road from the main school buildings, a new boarding house was created from the Georgian Beck House in the village (Style House), and in 1966 another boarding house, called Morrison was opened.
In the 1970s the school went co-educational, the first public school in the north of England, and for a long time the only public school, to do so.
In the late 1990s a pre-preparatory school called Mill House (ages 3–7) was opened within the grounds of Catteral Hall, and more recent expansion at the school has seen the creation of a new library, dining hall, sports facilities and science laboratories, as well as the refurbishment of the boarding accommodation.
Giggleswick is one of only 18 schools to possess a Royal Marine cadet force, which became affiliated with HMS Bulwark in the Autumn of 2004.
Students from the school (along with pupils from Charterhouse) have the honour of operating the manual scoreboards at the British golf Open.
Boarding houses[link]
There are four boys' boarding houses:
- Morrison, named after Walter Morrison,
- Nowell, named after John Nowell,
- Paley, named after William Paley,
- Shute, named after Josias Shute.
The houses Nowell, Paley and Shute are all currently located in the main body of the school, while Morrison, the most recently added boarding house, was purposely built slightly further from the main school campus.
The two girls' houses are:
- Carr, named after James Carr,
- Style, named after George Style
There is now also a mixed junior boarding house for pupils in years 4-8 which also acts as the house for day pupils in years 7 & 8, this is called Catteral House.
1927 Eclipse[link]
The grounds of Giggleswick School (near the Chapel) were selected as the official observation post for the 1927 solar eclipse and thus Sir Frank Watson Dyson, the Astronomer Royal, was blessed with a wonderful view of the flaming corona of the sun through the whole 23 seconds of its total eclipse.
Notable alumni[link]
Notable alumni, who are known as Old Giggleswickians, include:
- General Sir Noel Birch G.B.E. K.C.M.G., C.B. (1865–1939), Soldier. ADC to The King.
- Jon Blundy (b. 1961) - geologist, Professor of Petrology at University of Bristol
- Lewis Booth (1909–1942), England Rugby International
- James Bowden (1931–2002), England and Great Britain Rugby League International
- Major General Sir Duncan Cumming K.B.E., C.B.E., O.B.E. (1903–1979), England Rugby International, Barbarians Rugby Club, Governor of Kordojan Province, Sudan
- Anthony Daniels (1946– ), Star Wars actor
- Charles Darbishire (1875–1925) East Indian Merchant and Liberal M.P.
- Keith Duckworth O.B.E. (1933–2005), Engineer, joint founder of Cosworth Engineering
- Sarah Fox International Operatic Soprano
- Owen Francis C.B. (1913–2005), Under-Secretary for Fuel & Power, later Chairman London Electricity Board, father of Clare Francis yachtswoman and author (72-76)
- William Gaunt (1937– ), Actor
- Sir Douglas Glover T.D.(1908–1982), Conservative M.P.
- Douglas Hacking,O.B.E., P.C., D.L. 1st Lord Hacking (1884–1950), Conservative M.P.
- Sir James Hacking (1871–??), Businessman, Mayor of Bury
- Sir John Hare (1844–1921), Actor & Manager of the Garrick Theatre
- George Howson (1860–1919), reforming headmaster of Gresham's School
- John Saul Howson (1815–1885), Theologian.
- James Jakes (1987–), IndyCar Driver
- Thomas Kidd (1770–1850), Classical scholar.
- John King (1883–1916), England Rugby International (12 caps)
- Reverend John Langhorne (1836–1911), Educationalist, headmaster of The King's School, Rochester
- Maurice Latey O.B.E. (1915–1991), Senior BBC Journalist
- Arnold Leese (1877–1956), British fascist
- Robert Marshall D.S.C. (1917–1945), England Rugby International, Naval Officer
- Henry Maudsley C.M.G., C.B.E., K.C.M.G. (1835–1918 ) Founder of the Maudsley Hospital
- O. S. Nock (1904–1994), Railway historian.
- Joseph Mycock (1914–2004), England Rugby Captain, also Captain of Lancs., Sale and Harlequins
- Sir George Ogden O.B.E., C.B.E. (1914–1983), First Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Metropolitan Council
- William Paley (1743–1805), Theologian.
- Thomas Procter (1753–1794), Painter & Sculptor
- Major Gustav Renwick (1833–1956), Industrialist and M.P.
- Nigel Roebuck (1946– ) Motor racing journalist
- Charles Rycroft (businessman) (1901 - 1998) Millionaire & Philanthropist
- Lt-Col Harry Schofield V.C. (1865–-?) Soldier.
- Norman Sharpe O.B.E. Businessman & School Benefactor
- Tom Skeffington-Lodge (1905–1994) Former Labour M.P.
- Sir Matthew Smith (artist) (1879–1959) Artist
- John Sykes (1956–) Conservative M.P. for Scarborough 1992-97
- Sir Matthew Thompson Bt. (1820–1891) Liberal M.P., Mayor of Bradford, Chairman of The Midland Railway etc.
- Richard Whiteley, (1943–2005) Countdown presenter
- Sir Anthony Wilson, (1928–) Head of the Government Accountancy Service, Chief Accounting Adviser to HM Treasury
- Gary Wolstenholme M.B.E., Formerly a leading amateur golfer, has now turned professional
- Sir Robert Wynne-Edwards C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C.& Bar, Army Officer and Civil Engineer (MD of Costain)
Headmasters[link]
- 1499-1518 James Carr, Founder of the Rood Chantry.
- 1548-1560 Richard Carr, Incumbent of the Rood Chantry.
- 1615-1619 Christopher Shute, Vicar of Giggleswick, 1576-1626.
- 1619-1641 Robert Dockray, Vicar of Giggleswick, 1632-1641.
- 1642-1647 Rowland Lucas
- 1648-1656 William Walker
- 1656-1656 William Bradley (Temporary)
- 1656-1684 William Briggs
- 1684-1684 John Parkinson
- 1685-1712 John Armitstead
- 1712-1744 John Carr
- 1744-1799 William Paley
- 1800-1844 Rowland Ingram
- 1846-1858 George Ash Butterton
- 1858-1866 John Richard Blakiston
- 1866-1867 Thomas Bramley (Provisional).
- 1867-1869 Michael Forster (Provisional).
- 1869-1904 George Style.
- 1904-1910 William Wyamar Vaughan
- 1910-1931 Robert Noel Douglas
- 1931-195x E.H. Partridge
- Owen John Tressider Rowe
- 1970-1978 Richard Creed Meredith
- 1978-1986 Ian Watson
- 1986-1993 Peter Hobson
- 1993-2001 Anthony Millard
- 2001-2012 Geoffrey Boult
Notable former masters[link]
- David Chapman (scientist), FRS, Physical Chemist
- Ronald Eyre Theatre Director, Writer and Actor.
- Russell Harty, a BBC2 chat show host in the 1980s from Blackburn, taught English at the school, notably to Richard Whiteley. Harty and Whiteley entered television at the same time in the late 1960s.
- John Langhorne (senior) was mathematics and writing master for thirty years, leaving in about 1859.
- William Wyamar Vaughan. Headmaster, a position he later held at Wellington and Rugby schools
- David E.W Morgan (Modern Languages and Careers for 38 years)
Allegedly the Three Peaks Walk was invented in July 1887 by two masters at the school ; D.R.Smith and J.R.Wynne-Edwards (father of Sir Robert Wynne-Edwards - see OG's above).
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Coordinates: 54°4′20.97″N 2°17′38.20″W / 54.0724917°N 2.293944°W / 54.0724917; -2.293944
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| Population | 1,410 |
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| OS grid reference | SD809647 |
| District | Craven |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SETTLE |
| Postcode district | BD24 |
| Dialling code | 01729 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Skipton and Ripon |
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Giggleswick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School.
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Origin of name[link]
A Dictionary of British Place Names contains the entry:
- Giggleswick N. Yorks. Ghigeleswic 1086 (DB). ‘Dwelling or (dairy) farm of a man called Gikel or Gichel’. OE or ME pers. name (probably a short form of the biblical name Judichael) + wīc.
Giggleswick railway station[link]
Main article: Giggleswick railway station
The town is served by Giggleswick railway station which provides services to Leeds in one direction and Lancaster and Morecambe in the other. The station is served by only five trains per day in each direction and is operated by Northern Rail.
Church of St Alkelda[link]
The parish church is named after St Alkelda. The present building dates mostly from the 15th century, but carved stones discovered during the restoration of 1890-2 indicated that a building existed on the site before the Norman Conquest. It is a Grade I listed building.
Famous people[link]
The late Richard Whiteley of Channel 4's Countdown was a pupil at Giggleswick School. Russell Harty was an English teacher at the school at the same time. The internationally renowned operatic soprano, Sarah Fox, was born in the village and attended Giggleswick School. The Victorian era actor Sir John Hare was born here in 1844.
Tourist attractions[link]
Giggleswick is famous locally amongst rock climbers for an excellent limestone crag, retro-bolted with many sports routes during 2005 & 2006. The crag may be found opposite the golf course (Settle Golf Club) on the B6480, North of Giggleswick.
Giggleswick in media[link]
An episode of the radio comedy The Shuttleworths was set in Giggleswick.[citation needed] Comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson used Giggleswick as their emblem of a travelling actor's date with obscurity in Hancock's Half Hour, The Train Journey episode, broadcast on 23 October 1959.[citation needed] Les Dawson did the same, in 1975, in Dawson's Weekly.[citation needed]
1927 eclipse[link]
Among the few observers of a 24-second solar eclipse in 1927 were those in the Astronomer Royal's expedition to Giggleswick.
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For the Australian rugby union footballer, see Josh Holmes (rugby union). For the Canadian video game designer, see Josh Holmes (video game designer).
| Josh Holmes | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 7, 1978 |
| Origin | Crown Point, IN |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Songwriter, Recording Artist |
| Instruments | Songwriter, Guitar, Singer |
| Website | Official Website of Josh Holmes |
Josh Holmes started touring and recording original music in 1998 releasing four CDs under his group name, The Josh Holmes Band, leading to thousands of CD sales.[citation needed]
He released his first solo album under his own name, Josh Holmes, entitled, A Table 4 One. The launch was coordinated with a national radio market release. Sony Pictures/ABC network incorporated Josh's song “Greener On the Other Side” into the season finale of their series, Beautiful People.
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Inspirations[link]
Singer/songwriter Holmes was raised on Motown and classic rock and roll. His musical style reflects influences including Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Smokey Robinson, and the Temptations.[citation needed]
The future[link]
While Holmes did secure national distribution through OarFin Distribution for his "A Table For One" release, he did not use this distribution system for "2nd Generation Loss."
Instrumentation[link]
Josh Holmes - Singer, Songwriter, Electric/Acoustic Guitar
Discography[link]
Stripped Down: Volumes One and Two (2008)
"2nd Generation Loss" (2006)
“A Table 4 One” (2004)
"Live: Taste of Chicago 02'"
"364 Days"
Holmes has shared the stage with:
- Marshall Tucker Band
- The Bodeans
- Sister Hazel
- The Crickets
- Michael Glibicki of Rusted Root
- Granian
- Chris Shaffer of the The Why Store
- Virginia Coalition
- Dovetail Joint
- Bret Michaels of Poison
- Virginia Coalition
External links[link]
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| Name | Holmes, Josh |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1978 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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