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The King's School is a co-educational private day school in Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, in South West England. It traces its heritage to a monastic school founded in the 11th century in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral. It became one of seven 'King's Schools' established, or re-endowed by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the ...
The King's School, Gloucester (1541) (Dates from the 11th century) The King's School, Peterborough (1541) The King's School, Worcester (1541) Northampton Grammar School (1541) - later renamed to Northampton School for Boys; Dauntsey's School (1542) Prescot Grammar School (1544) King Henry VIII School, Coventry (1545) Christ Church Cathedral ...
The cathedral's current choir was established by King Henry VIII in 1539, and at present is composed of 18 boy and 20 girl choristers, as well as 12 adult singers. The choristers attend the King's School, which was also founded by Henry VIII. The choir sings regularly during term time and at major religious festivals such as Christmas or Easter.
Abbey View, Tewkesbury Alderman Knight School, Tewkesbury; The Altus School, Cheltenham/Gloucester/Stroud Battledown Centre, Battledown Belmont School, Cheltenham; Bettridge School, Cheltenham
The original seven schools established or renamed by King Henry VIII in 1541: The King's School, Canterbury; King's School, Chester; King's Ely, Cambridgeshire; The King's School, Gloucester
Lent term, named for Lent, the six-week fasting period before Easter, is the name of the winter academic term at the following British universities: University of Cambridge [ 1 ] Canterbury Christ Church University [ 2 ]
King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012) [1] [2] is a cathedral school and now an all through co-educational fee-charging day and boarding school in the city of Ely in England. It was founded in 970 AD, making it one of the oldest schools in the world .
The school site, Charlton Park, was a hunting lodge that belonged to Edward the Confessor (1003–1066), the only English monarch to have been canonised. The manor of Cheltenham which included Charlton was royal property – hence the local area's name, Charlton Kings – and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Later the property was ...