Godolphin School

Infobox UK school
name = The Godolphin School


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latitude = 51.0688
longitude = -1.7853
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motto = Franc ha leal eto ge
"Frank and loyal thou art"
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established = 1726
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head_label = Headmistress
head = Jill Horsburgh
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founder = Charles and Elizabeth Godolphin
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street = Milford Hill
city = Salisbury
county = Wiltshire
country = England
postcode = SP1 2RA
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enrollment = c. 430
gender = Girls
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Douglas
Hamilton
Methuen
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website = http://www.godolphin.org/
website_name = The Godolphin School

The Godolphin School is an independent school for 400 girls situated in Salisbury, founded in 1707 [cite web| last = J.S. Cockburn, H.P.F. King, K.G.T. McDonnell (Editors)| title = 'Schools: Latymer and Godolphin Schools', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1: Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century (1969), pp. 305-306| publisher = British History Online| date = 1969| url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22136| accessdate =2008-05-13 ] and established in 1726 by Charles and Elizabeth Godolphin. [cite web| title = Salisbury - The Godolphin School, Salisbury| work = Wiltshire Community History| publisher =Wiltshire County Council | date = 2004| url = http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=547| accessdate =2008-05-13 ]

The arms and motto of the School are those of the Godolphin family. The motto - ‘Franc ha leal eto ge’ – is old Cornish and means ‘Frank and loyal are ye’.

The school has approximately 430 students of whom circa 170 are boarders. [cite web| title = The Godolphin School, Wiltshire| work = isbi schools| publisher = isbi| url = http://www.isbi.com/isbi-viewschool/232-The_Godolphin_School.html| accessdate =2008-05-13 ]

Notable alumnae

*Antonia Bernath, actress
*Amanda Brookfield, writer [cite web| title = Amanda Brookfield| work = Biography| publisher = Penguin Books| url = http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000069722,00.html| accessdate =2008-05-13 ]
*Mary Cartwright, mathematician [cite journal| last = Atiyah| first = Lily| title = Obituary: Dame Mary Cartwright 1900-1997| journal = The Mathematical Gazette| volume = 82| issue = 495| pages = 494-496| publisher = The Mathematical Association| date = Nov., 1998]
*Jilly Cooper, writer
*Dorothy L. Sayers, writer [cite book| last = Bramlett| first = Perry C.| coauthors = Ronald W. Higdon| title = Touring C.S. Lewis' Ireland & England| publisher = Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.| date = 1998| pages = 80| url = http://books.google.de/books?id=psfn3okbK0UC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22Godolphin+School%22+salisbury&source=web&ots=BP0XVGIruw&sig=rm_foty9O6I2D7INdvyC-TmjXXg&hl=en
isbn =1573121916 ]
*Theodora Turner, nurse
*Minette Walters, writer
*Deborah Meaden, business entrepenuer from BBC's Dragons Den

ee also

*Godolphin and Latymer School
*The Godolphin Book, compiled by Mary Alice Douglas, published 1928

External links

[http://www.godolphin.org/ The Godolphin School]

References