The Building of St Edward's School: A Chronology (1870 - 2020)

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H ENRY B URSEY ABOUT TO PICK UP A LGERNON S IMEON FROM THE W ARDEN ’ S H OUSE C . 1881. T HE HORSE ’ S NAME WAS ‘P UNCH ’ WITH A REPUTATION FOR STUBBORNNESS . B URSEY AND HIS WIFE SERVED S IMEON AND LATER W ARDENS FOR 53 YEARS JOINTLY

P LAN OF THE S CHOOL IN 1886 SHOWING DEVELOPMENT UP TO THEN , INCLUDING THE BUILDINGS NORTH OF S OUTH P ARADE . T HE S ANATORIUM WAS SITED WHERE ‘T HE H OLLIES ’ SITS TODAY . T HE AERIAL VIEW SHOWS THE WHOLE PLOT OF LAND SOLD TO S IMEON BY THE R EVEREND B ULL IN 1870