Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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Exeter School
From Graces Guide
Situated in Victoria Park Road, Exeter
1333 Founded
1633 Re-Modelled by Hugh Crossing, Mayor.
Formerly in the medieval buildings of St John’s Hospital
1876 Henry Newport, the Headmaster, resigned. His successor, Edward Harris, re-opened the school in 1877 and the school moved to its present site at Victoria Park Road.
1923 Edwin Thirlwell England, Head Master.[1]
1935 John L. Andrews, Head Master.[2]
1939 John L. Andrews, Head Master; J. H. Bilsborough, Second Master.[3]
1955 F. K. Paul, Headmaster; J. Nelson, House Master. Also Exeter School Preparatory Department, Emsleigh.[4]
1966 Exeter School. R. M. Hone, headmaster. [5]