The 1924 cricket season at Sherborne School fell victim to incessant rain at the start of the season followed by an epidemic of mumps! Of the eight matches played in 1924 by the 1st XI, they saw easy wins against a team of masters and the Somerset Stragglers, and a win by two runs against … Read more
At a lecture given by Commander ‘Teddy’ Evans at Sherborne’s Digby Memorial Church Hall on 23 February 1914, Commander Evans suggested that every year on the 17th March the boys of Sherborne School should be given an “Oates Day” holiday in memory of Captain Lawrence Oates who was born on 17 March 1880 and died … Read more
At midday on Monday, 20 March 1944, a massive explosion rocked Sherborne. On this occasion it was not caused by enemy bombs, as had been the case on 30 September 1940, but by anti-tanks mines laid in Sherborne Park as part of a military exercise. The catastrophic explosion, which took place 50 yards east-south-east of … Read more
To celebrate Leap Day, some photograph of boys leaping, jumping and bounding! Posted 29 February 2024 by Sherborne School Archives Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from the archives
Two new exhibitions in Dorchester and Kew have OS connections. A new exhibition at the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester features the work of sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within – Dorset Museum Elizabeth Frink’s family had strong links to Sherborne School and in particular to Abbey House … Read more
On 23 January 1934, Sherborne Abbey’s great tenor bell arrived back in Sherborne from London, where it had been recast by Mears & Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Traditionally, the tenor bell was known as Wolsey’s great bell because it was believed that Cardinal Thomas Wolsey had had the bell made in Tournai and … Read more
2023 saw a record breaking 70,430 visitors to the OS website – that’s 21,860 more visits than the previous year! The Top Ten OS webpages visited in 2023 were: Christopher Morcom (1911-1930) – 4,387 views Welcome to the OSS website (homepage) – 3.370 views Alan Turing OBE, PhD, FRS (1912-1954) – 3,210 views Peter Lapping … Read more
Cecil Beaton, the photographer and designer known for his Oscar-winning stage and costume designs for My Fair Lady (1957, 1964) and Gigi (1958), was born on 14 January 1904, the eldest child of Old Shirburnian Ernest Beaton (The Green 1881-1883). Many years after his father’s death, Cecil wrote to Greta Garbo, ‘I have been reading … Read more
If you are fed up with Cluedo and tired of charades, why not test your knowledge this Christmas with Common Entrance exam papers from 1922? Also available are a selection of Common Entrance exam papers from 1938, 1956 and 1966, and Scholarship exam papers from the 1930s to the 1970s. Visit our Exam Papers page … Read more
The first episode of the BBC TV series Doctor Who was aired on 23 November 1963. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast, we look at Sherborne School’s very own Time Lord – Jon Pertwee (1919-1996) Posted 22 November 2023 by Sherborne School Archives Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from the archives … Read more