Godolphin School
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| The Godolphin School | |
| Motto | Franc ha leal eto ge Frank and loyal thou art |
| Established | 1726 |
| Headmistress | Jill Horsburgh |
| Founders | Charles and Elizabeth Godolphin |
| Location | Milford Hill Salisbury Wiltshire SP1 2RA England |
| Students | c. 430 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Douglas Hamilton Methuen |
| Ofsted number | SC036722 |
| Website | The Godolphin School |
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The Godolphin School is an independent school for 400 girls situated in Salisbury, founded in 1707[1] and established in 1726 by Charles and Elizabeth Godolphin.[2]
The arms and motto of the School are those of the Godolphin family. The motto - ‘Franc ha leal eto ge’ – is old Cornish and means ‘Frank and loyal are ye’.
The school has approximately 430 students of whom circa 170 are boarders.[3]
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[edit] Notable alumnae
- Antonia Bernath, actress
- Amanda Brookfield, writer[4]
- Mary Cartwright, mathematician[5]
- Jilly Cooper, writer
- Dorothy L. Sayers, writer[6]
- Theodora Turner, nurse
- Minette Walters, writer
- Deborah Meaden, buisness entrepenuer from BBC's Dragons Den
[edit] See also
- Godolphin and Latymer School
- The Godolphin Book, compiled by Mary Alice Douglas, published 1928
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ J.S. Cockburn, H.P.F. King, K.G.T. McDonnell (Editors) (1969). 'Schools: Latymer and Godolphin Schools', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1: Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century (1969), pp. 305-306. British History Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Salisbury - The Godolphin School, Salisbury. Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire County Council (2004). Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ The Godolphin School, Wiltshire. isbi schools. isbi. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Amanda Brookfield. Biography. Penguin Books. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Atiyah, Lily (Nov., 1998). "Obituary: Dame Mary Cartwright 1900-1997". The Mathematical Gazette 82 (495): 494-496. The Mathematical Association.
- ^ Bramlett, Perry C.; Ronald W. Higdon (1998). Touring C.S. Lewis' Ireland & England. Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc., 80. ISBN 1573121916.
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