Chronicle 687

16 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

When Henry Kendall arrived as Warden from Shrewsbury School in 1925, he brought with him a background of pioneering work in founding and running a boarding house there, and with the intent of quickly establishing the system across his new School at St. Edward’s. The 100th Anniversary of Boarding Houses at St Edward’s By School Archivist, Chris Nathan

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the Banbury and Woodstock Roads a mile north of the School, Kendall seized upon this opportunity and promptly purchased it for a very reasonable price. At a stroke, Kendall had two extra large buildings in which to house his scattered pupils and propel the boarding house initiative. Before this the pupils had been housed in every corner of the School and had been fed in three separate dining rooms supplied from one central kitchen. There were disparate ‘mini chapels’ and even a temporary canvas changing room attached to the main Chapel. To celebrate 100 years of the boarding houses at Teddies we chose some of our favourite images from the archive, showing how the experience of boarding has changed over the years.

Since 1898 the School had organised its pupils in Tutorial Sets A-F, run by various Set Tutors. This meant that each pupil had one teacher (or his replacement) as his mentor throughout his entire time at the School, even though he might be taught by others. By 1925 there were six Sets A-F, mostly led by long-time revered teachers whose surnames became the new House names, with certain specific exceptions. Kendall always seemed to have a slice of luck going for him at vital times, none more so than when he started the whole House momentum off. Firstly, he inherited a brand new building, built in his predecessor’s time - The War Memorial Building (Tilly’s today) - and when a local estate called Apsley Paddox came up for sale, including a grand Georgian House and ten acres stretching between

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