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Latymer was established in 1624 on Church Street, Edmonton by bequest of Edward Latymer, a London City merchant in Hammersmith. [1] Although most of his wealth passed to the people of Hammersmith and the Parish of St Dunstan's (now Latymer Upper School), he named certain properties and estates to fund the education and livelihoods of "eight poore boies of Edmonton" with a doublet, a pair of ...
The bishop of London, Frederick Temple, opened Latymer Upper School on its new site on King Street in 1895. The old buildings were used for Latymer Lower School, an "elementary" or primary school [1] The school taught boys aged up to 16; the fees were £5, [c] and boys from local schools could apply for scholarships. [11]
The Godolphin and Latymer School is a private day school for girls in Hammersmith, West London. The school motto is an ancient Cornish phrase, Francha Leale Toge, which translates as "frank and loyal art thou". The school crest includes a double-headed white eagle, Godolphin in Cornish signifies a white eagle. [1]
Today it is generally used as an entrance test to a specific group of schools, rather than a blanket exam for all pupils, and is taken voluntarily. For more information on these, see the main article on grammar schools. Eleven-plus and similar exams vary around the country but will use some or all of the following components: Verbal Reasoning (VR)
This category is for former pupils of Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, London, known as "Old Latymerians". For former pupils of The Latymer School in Enfield, see Category:People educated at The Latymer School
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The Latymer School, a co-educational grammar school in Edmonton; Latymer Upper School, a co-educational independent school in Hammersmith; Godolphin and Latymer School, an all-girls independent school in Hammersmith; Latymer Preparatory School, a primary school associated with the Latymer Upper School foundation, Hammersmith; Latymer All Saints ...
Latymer never married and did not have children, and made his will in 1625 (but it was dated 1624). He gave most of his wealth to the people of Hammersmith and the Parish of St Dunstan's, today Latymer Upper School, and a less generous bequest for the Parish of Edmonton, today The Latymer School.