On 3 August 1944, 22-year-old Bob Thomas was killed in action while serving in Italy with the 3rd Grenadiers. Born and educated in Sherborne – Sherborne Prep and Sherborne School (Abbey House) – Bob had planned after the war to take holy orders and to return to Sherborne to serve the town he loved. In … Read more
Rob Lloyd’s teaching was never constrained by the syllabus, and he was convinced that a good teacher must also practise what he taught. At Sherborne, Rob introduced many A level boys to original project work, and it was his vision as a young biologist that secured Holway Woods for the Dorset Naturalists’ Trust (now the … Read more
On 2 September 1823, the artist John Constable RA (1776-1837) made a pencil sketch of the west end of Sherborne Abbey. Today, John Constable is probably more famous for his paintings of the Suffolk landscape, such as Flatford Mill (1816), The Hay Wain (1821) and The Cornfield (1826). But he also made a number of … Read more
During a repatriation ceremony held at Sherborne School on 22 August 2023, HSI Special Agent Greg Wertsch and DOJ AUSA Laura Hurd formally handed over to the Headmaster of Sherborne School material from the School’s Turing Archive, which had been seized in Colorado in February 2018 by the US Dept of Homeland Security Investigations. The … Read more
In 1925, Old Shirburnian Major John Bowater Vernon won the Silver Cup at the Chelsea Flower Show for the most attractively laid-out formal garden. That same year he designed a garden at Lyon House which included elements of his Chelsea prize-winning garden. Find out more about John Bowater Vernon & the Lyon House garden Posted … Read more
On 15 May 2023, Dr Dominic Luckett, issued the following notice: ‘I have just been told the very sad news that Peter Lapping, who served as Headmaster of Sherborne from 1988 until his retirement in 2000, died this morning after a short illness. Those who knew Peter will remember him as an immensely wise, capable … Read more
On 13 May 1944, Captain Clive Chettle of the 2nd Dorsets won the MC for his distinguished service during the Battle of the Tennis Court at Kohima, which saw some of the hardest fighting of the entire Burma Campaign. The battle was a turning point in the Battle of Kohima, which was fought from 4 … Read more
As we anticipate the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III, why not get into the mood by visiting our new Royal visits and celebrations webpage? Posted 3 May 2023 by Sherborne School Archives Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from the archives.
The 23 March 2023 is the third anniversary of the PM’s announcement of the first Covid-19 lockdown in the UK. Although this probably isn’t an anniversary any of us want to remember, it is amazing how quickly we forget how we felt during that time and how we coped. We felt it was important to keep … Read more
On the 9th March 1953, Alan Turing made his last-ever visit to Sherborne School when he was invited to give a paper to the School’s science society, The Alchemists. The meeting was held at The Green (now the Old Green), which was then run by Housemaster and senior science master Laurence Seymour May (1914-1997). The paper Alan Turing … Read more