St. Edmund's School (Hindhead)

St. Edmund's School (Hindhead)

St. Edmund's School is a nursery, pre-prep and preparatory school originally founded in Hunstanton, Norfolk in 1874, and subsequently moved to Hindhead, Surrey in 1900; the school moved into a large country house named Blen Cathra, previously a home of George Bernard Shaw, and residing on 35 acres of land. The original school in Hunstanton was purchased by Howard Cambridge Barber in 1901 and renamed Glebe House School.

Notable Old Boys

* Christopher Isherwood
* W. H. Auden
* John Schlesinger
* Jonathan Dimbleby
* King Abdullah II
* Anthony Loyd

External links

* [http://www.saintedmunds.co.uk/ Official St. Edmund's School website]


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