Find out how a friendship formed in the 1870’s at Exeter College had a profound impact for over 30 years on the architecture of Sherborne School: Sir Reginald Blomfield: ‘the man responsible above all others for the aspect of modern Sherborne’ Posted 13 September 2018 by Sherborne School Archives. Visit Sherborne School Archive News for more stories from … Read more
‘Summer Hols begin’ wrote the Rev. H.R. King in his diary on Tuesday, 31 July 1917. The Rev. Henry Robinson King (1855-1935), a master at Sherborne School, kept a daily diary in which he recorded the weather, world events (in red), and his own activities. The previous day had been fine until the evening when … Read more
On 1 July 2016, Sherborne School will commemorate eight of its former pupils who died in the fighting on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Henry Robinson King, a Classics teacher at Sherborne School, described the 1 July 1916 in his diary as ‘Cold and objectionable till 4, then fine. Watched some … Read more