The Shirburnian was the official magazine of Sherborne School. First published in March 1859, it was devised as ‘an outlet for its [the School’s] wit, and also an easy means of printing all its News, both as regards those of us who are here and those who have left.’ The initial run was short-lived, but it was resurrected in May 1864 and was published continuously from that year until 2010.
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1859 : March │ April │ May │ June │ September │ October │ November │ December
1864 : May │ July │ October │ December
1865 : April │ June │October │ December
1866 : April │ July │October │ December
1867 : June │ July │October │ November
1868 : March │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1869 : March │ April │ May │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1870 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1871 : March │ May │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1872 : March │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1873 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November
1874 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1875 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November │ December
1876 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1877 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1878 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1879 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November
1880 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1881 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1882 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1883 : March │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November
1884 : February │ April │ June │ July │ October │ November
1885 : February │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1886 : January │ March │ June │ July │ October │ December
1887 : February │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1888 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1889 : February │ April │ June │ July │ October │ December
1890 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1891 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1892 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1893 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1894 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1895 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1896 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1897 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1898 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1899 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1900 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1901 : March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1902 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1903 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November
1904 : April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1905 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1906 : March │ April │ June │ November │ December
1907 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1908 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1909 : March │ April │ July │ November
1910 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1911 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1912 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1913 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1914 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1915 : March │ April │ June │ November │ December
1916 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1917 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1918 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1919 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1920 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1921 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1922 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1923 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1924 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1925 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1926 : March │ April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1927 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1928 : February │ March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1929 : March │ May │ June │ July │ November │ December
1930 : March │ May │ June │ July │ November │ December
1931 : March │ May │ June │ July │ November │ December
1932 : March │ May │ June │ July │ November │ December
1933 : April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1934 : March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1935 : March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1936 : March │ June │ July │ November │ December
1937 : April │ June │ July │ November │ December
1938 : April │ August │ December
1939 : March │ August │ December
1940 : March │ July │ December
1941 : March │ July │ December
1942 : March │ July │ December
1943 : March │ July │ December
1944 : March │ July │ December
1945 : March │ July │ December
1946 : March │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1949 : Spring │ Summer │ Winter
1950 : Spring │ Summer (Quatercentenary edition) │ Winter
1951 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1952 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1953 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1954 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1955 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1956 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1957 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1958 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1959 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1960 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1961 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1962 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1963 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1964 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1965 : May │ July │ Michaelmas
1966 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1967 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1968 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1969 : Easter │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1970 : Lent/Summer │ Michaelmas
1971 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1972 : Lent │ Summer │ Michaelmas
1975 : February │ June │ October
1976 : February │ June │ September
1977 : February │ June │ October
1978 : March │ July │ December
1979 : February │ July │ December
1980 : March │ July │ Michaelmas
1981 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1982 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1983 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1984 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1985 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1986 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1987 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1988 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1989 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1990 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1991 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1992 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1993 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1994 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1995 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
1996 : Lent │ Trinity │ Michaelmas
From 1997 until 2010 The Shirburnian was produced annually:
1997 │ 1998 │ 1999 │ 2000 │ 2001 │ 2002 │ 2003 │ 2004 │ 2005 │ 2006 │ 2007 │ 2008 │ 2009 │ 2010
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