UPPINGHAM
, a market town of Rutland, England, 98 m
.
N.N.E. of London, on a branch of the London & North-Western railway
.
Pop
.
(1901) 2588
.
The See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of St See also: - PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
and St Paul has Decorated portions in the nave, tower and spire
.
The pulpit is of the 17th century
.
Jeremy See also: - TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
was rector here at the outbreak of the Civil War
.
The principal institution of Uppingham is the school
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It is coeval with the grammar school of Oakham (1584), and had the same founder, Robert See also: - JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
, archdeacon of Leicester
.
It rose in the last half of the 19th century to a place of distinction among English public schools, owing to the exertions of its headmaster (1853-77), the Rev
.
Edward Thring
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A new group of school-buildings, with chapel, was erected in 1863 from the designs of G
.
E
.
Street
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New (Tercentenary) class-rooms were opened in 1890, and a memorial chapel, containing a statue of Edward Thring, by T
.
Brock, R.A., was erected in 1891
.
The Victoria Building, containing museum, laboratory and lecture theatre, was opened in 1897
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The quadrangle is by T
.
G
.
Jackson, R.A., and over the gateway is a statue of the founder, by G
.
J
.
Frampton, R.A
.
The school contains about 450 boys
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There are general exhibitions to the universities, and also several, in which scholars of this school and Oakham school have preference, at St John's, Clare, Emmanuel and Sidney Sussex colleges, Cambridge
.
The town of Uppingham has some agricultural trade
.
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