Royal Masonic School for Boys
- Royal Masonic School for Boys
The Royal Masonic School for Boys was an independent school for boys in England.
From 1798 charities were set up for clothing and educating sons of needy Freemasons. They originally provided education by sending them to schools near to their homes. A specific masonic boys' school was set up at Wood Green in North London in 1857 following amalgamation of the charities in 1852.[cite book]
author = G. Montague Hall
title = A History of Bushey
publisher = Bournehall Press | location = Bushey | year = 1938] A new school was built in Bushey, Hertfordshire in 1903 and a Junior School was added on the other side of The Avenue in 1929.By 1939 there were 800 boys at the school.
title = Bushey, Hertfordshire: Official Guide
publisher = Bournehall Press | location = Bushey | year = 1956] Fee paying pupils were admitted from 1958 and day boys from 1966.Following a decline in pupil numbers the junior school closed in 1970;the site is now occupied by Bushey Hall School.Numbers continued to fall, and the senior school closed in 1977.For a time, the buildings housed the United States International University (Europe), and later became a commonly used film set.They have now been redeveloped as luxury housing.
The Royal Masonic School for Girls at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire still thrives today.
Notable alumni
* Anthony Andrews – actor
* Richard Evans – businessman
* Harvey Postlethwaite – Formula One designer
* D. R. Thorpe – political biographer
References
External links
* [http://www.geoffkirby.co.uk/MasonicSchool Memoirs of a student at the junior school 1949–1953]
* [http://www.norfolkhouse.me.uk/petersc2.html Memoirs of a student at the schools 1965–1974]
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