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9 de jun. de 2024 · Blenheim Palace, residence near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built (1705–24) by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture in Great Britain.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · It was bought c. 1782 by the duke of Marlborough, who sold or gave it in 1787 to his auditor, Thomas Walker, town clerk (d. 1804). He let the house as a girls' boarding school from 1787 and rebuilt and enlarged it from 1795; the first tenant was Henry Jeffery, Viscount Ashbrook, husband of Walker's granddaughter.
Hace 5 días · In 1940 seniors were transferred to a newly built Church secondary school in Shipton Road; it acquired controlled status in 1951 and was renamed Marlborough Secondary Modern school in 1953. In 1961, after an enlargement of the catchment area, numbers rose to 228.
3 de jun. de 2024 · On May 30, against the backdrop of the white brick of campus gleaming in the bright sunshine, Marlborough School filled with excitement and pride as the community celebrated our 132nd Commencement.
Hace 1 día · He said: "The nearest school to us is Heyford Park School which hasn’t got the spaces. The next nearest is Marlborough School in Woodstock which is always oversubscribed and then Warriner School which is in the same position. "Chipping Norton is the partner school to our village primary school and in the same trust.
Hace 4 días · An Act of 1576 making Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated the local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. The extent of building activity in the late 16th century and early 17th indicates renewed prosperity.
Hace 4 días · Before the original Woodstock Festival burst into the public lexicon, the real and truly original Woodstock boasted an art colony, a playhouse, a golf course, a race track, a village green, mountain hotels, an art school, concert venues, and so much more.
