Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
|
See also:FELSTED, or FELSTEAD
, a See also:village of See also:Essex, See also:England, between See also:Dunmow and See also:Braintree, and to m. from See also:Chelmsford; with a station on the See also:Great Eastern railway
.
See also:Felsted is only See also:note-worthy by See also:reason of its important public school, dating back to its See also:foundation as a See also:grammar school in 1564 by See also:Richard 1st See also:Baron See also:Rich, who as See also:lord See also:chancellor and chancellor of the See also:court of augmentations had enriched himself with the spoil of the adjoining See also:abbey and priory of Little Leez at the See also:dissolution of the monasteries
.
It became a notable educational centre for Puritan families in the 17th See also:century, numbering a See also:hundred or more pupils, under See also: H . Wratislaw, the school was put under a new governing See also:body (a revised See also:scheme coming into operation in 1876) . The result under Rev . W . S . Grignon (1823-1907), the headmaster from 1856 to 1875, who may be considered almost the second founder, was the rapid development of Felsted into one of the See also:regular public See also:schools of the See also:modern See also:English type . New buildings on an elaborate See also:scale arose, the numbers increased to more than 200, and a See also:complete transformation took place, which was carried on under his successors D . S . See also:Ingram (from 1875 to 1890), H . A . See also:Dalton (to 1906), and F . See also:Stephenson, under whom large extensions to the buildings and playing-See also:fields were made . See John Sargeaunt, See also:History of Felsted Schoel (1889) ; and Alumni Felstedienses, by R . J . Beevor, E . T . See also:Roberts and others (1903) . |
|
|
[back] FELSPAR, or FELDSPAR |
[next] FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and D... |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.