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Deanscroft

  • HOU-HOU/10
  • Series
  • 1948 - 2017
  • Part of Houses

This series focuses on the boarding boys in Deanscroft, since its opening in 1948. The Headmaster himself was Housemaster, until 1971. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls. The boarding boys were moved to the newly built Haywoods House on Kilburn Road. The items include the complete set of house photographs and informal photographs showing boys around the house and on campus, as well as duty records.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Hodge Wing

  • HOU-HOU/2
  • Series
  • 1948 - 1969
  • Part of Houses

This series relates to Hodge Wing, the pupils and staff and the history of the building. The series focuses on the early years as a boys' house.
Hodge Wing was a Boys’ day house, for Lower and Middle School. It became a girls’ house in the Winter term 1975, until the Spring term 1980 when the girls moved to Rushebrookes. Then it was re-opened for a small number of Seventh form girls in 1986.

Heawood & Son

Ephemera

  • HOU-HOU/2-HOU/2/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1948
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on various items related to the history of Hodge Wing.

Heawood & Son

House Photographs

  • HOU-HOU/4-HOU/4/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1946 - 2019
  • Part of Houses

This sub-series focuses on photographs of boys in School House since the 1940s.

Tempest Photography

Interior of the Chapel

  • CHA-CHA/2-CHA/2/1-CHA/2/1/37
  • Item
  • c.1940
  • Part of Chapel

A photograph of the interior of the Chapel, taken from the chancel, showing the nave and balcony above. The photograph is kept in a protective paper jacket.

Heawood & Son

Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5
  • Series
  • 1930 - 1993
  • Part of Chapel

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Building

  • CHA-CHA/2-CHA/2/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1925 - 2000
  • Part of Chapel

This sub-series contains photographs of the exterior and interior the School memorial Chapel throughout the years. The earliest photographs showed the chapel being built in 1924-1925.

Oakham School

Exterior of the Chapel

  • CHA-CHA/2-CHA/2/1-CHA/2/1/17
  • Item
  • 1925
  • Part of Chapel

A photograph of the south front of the Chapel soon after its completion. In the background, scaffolds and builders are visible outside the Sanatorium (College House). The photograph is kept in a protective paper jacket.

Heawood & Son

Dedication of the Chapel, 1925

  • CHA-CHA/2-CHA/2/2-CHA/2/2/1-CHA/2/2/1/6
  • Item
  • 29/10/1925
  • Part of Chapel

A blank post card showing clergymen leaving the School Chapel after dedication service. The post card was published by Heawood & Son, Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

Heawood & Son

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