This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ... in 1874. The School, one of the foremost public schools of England, is now the great attraction of the place. It was founded, in 1571, by John Lyon, a yeoman of the parish. The older portion of the schoolhouse stands near the church. It is a venerable building in the Tudor style. The panels of the schoolrooms are ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ... in 1874. The School, one of the foremost public schools of England, is now the great attraction of the place. It was founded, in 1571, by John Lyon, a yeoman of the parish. The older portion of the schoolhouse stands near the church. It is a venerable building in the Tudor style. The panels of the schoolrooms are literally covered with the names of pupils carved on the wood; and amongst them may be traced those of Byron, Peel, Palmerston, and many other eminent men who were pupils. The tomb in the churchyard on which Byron used to lie outstretched, contemplating the beautiful and extensive landscape, and where he meditated many of his juvenile poems, is reverently pointed out. In the High Street is the College Chapel, erected in 1859 from the designs of Mr. Gilbert Scott. It is in the Second Pointed style, with an elegant spire. A Gothic library, a memorial of Dr. Vaughan, long head-master of the school, a fine building in the Gothic style, also by Mr. Scott, was added to the School in 1863, and a new " Speech Room," in 1878, at a cost of 20,000. Pinner, nearly three miles to the north-west of Harrow, is a favourite place of residence, several large plots of land having been devoted to the erection of villas. There is a station of the London and North-Western Railway about a mile from the town. Near the station are the Commercial Travellers' Schools, opened by Prince Albert in 1855. In 1876 extensive additions were made, which bear the name of the "George Moore Memorial Buildings." About 340 children (boys and girls) are educated here. Stretching from Harrow to Uxbridge is an extensive valley, which is probably the most thinly-populated district in the home counties, there being scarcely a house in several square miles. Greenford, North...
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