Cathedrals · South East England
Warminster School
Warminster School — a school heritage in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Warminster School is a school heritage located in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Catalogued from Wikidata's UK heritage register; see the Wikipedia article for further historical and visitor details.
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Place summary
Warminster School is located in South-East England. It is an independent co-educational school with a long-standing history and tradition, providing education from nursery through to sixth form.
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Background
History
]] In 1707, Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth, under the influence of Thomas Ken (1637–1711), founded a grammar school for boys in the market town of Warminster, near to his family seat of Longleat, to instruct the boys of Warminster, Longbridge Deverill, and Monkton Deverill in Latin, mathematics, and other subjects of the usual syllabus of the day. This became known as Lord Weymouth's Grammar School – referred to locally as the "Latin School" – and by the 20th century was called The Lord Weymouth School. Lord Weymouth (1640–1714) was descended from the first John Thynne of Longleat House. In 1673 he married Lady Francis Finch, a daughter of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchelsea, and…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2080, -2.1890
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Warminster
- Postcode
- BA12 8PH
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Established
- 1707
Sources
- wikidata: Q7969638 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Warminster School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Warminster School?
- Warminster School is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA12 8PH), in the parish of Warminster.
- When was Warminster School built?
- Built or established in 1707.
- How do I get to Warminster School?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BA12 8PH. It sits within the South West Wiltshire parliamentary constituency.