Oakham School Archives

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Sub-Series
1989 - 1993

This sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

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Photographs

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1989 - 1993

Part of Buildings and Estates

This file contains various photographs of the Merton building on Church Street, since its construction in 1990.

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A photograph of the planting of the tree

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26/11/1991

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone planting a tree outside the Merton Building to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough.

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A photograph of the Merton Building

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Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of two pupils walking outside the Merton Building. The photograph was probably taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.

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A photograph of the Merton Building

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Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of two pupils walking outside the Merton Building. The photograph was probably taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.

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A negative of the Merton Building

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Part of Buildings and Estates

A negative of two photographs of the Merton Building, probably in the 1990s.

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Photographs of the Merton Building

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Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of a boy and a girl walking out of the Merton Building. These photographs were probably taken for Marketing purposes or for publication in the School Magazine in the 1990s.

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A photograph of the Merton Building