Lockers Park School Explained

Lockers Park School
Established:1874
Type:Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory
Trust:Lockers Park School Trust Ltd
Religious Affiliation:Church of England[1]
Head Label:Headmaster
Head:Gavin Taylor
Chair Label:Chair of governors
Chair:Chris Lister
Founder:Henry Montagu Draper
Address:Lockers Park Lane
Postcode:HP1 1TL
Dfeno:919/6024
Urn:117611
Gender:Boys only prep and pre-prep
Lower Age:4
Upper Age:13
Enrolment:170
Website:http://www.lockerspark.co.uk

Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor.[2]

History

Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3] an old boy of Rugby School.[4] It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in 23acres of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers,[5] which was once the home of Ebenezer John Collett. The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era.[6]

In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach.[7]

Former pupils

See also The list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EduBase - Lockers Park School. Department for Education. 30 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730150211/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/establishmentdetails.xhtml?urn=117611. 30 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Lockers Park School - GOV.UK. get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  3. Web site: Lockers Park School . Ofsted. 30 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Rugby School Register May 1874 to May 1904. 30 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Lockers. British Listed Buildings. 26 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205822/https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101078118-lockers-dacorum#.W6uYh2hKgdU. 26 September 2018. live. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Chapel, Lockers School, Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead. 27 March 2017. Hertfordshire Churches. 30 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730213910/https://hertfordshirechurches.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/chapel-lockers-school-lockers-park-school-hemel-hempstead/. 30 July 2017. live. dmy-all.
  7. Suresh Menon, The Shorter Wisden India Almanack 2013 (2013,), p. lxii
  8. Web site: Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park.
  9. Book: Hall, David . Far Headingley, Weetwood and West Park . FHVS . 0-9539312-0-X . 2000 . 117–122 . The Extraordinary Story of Prince Alamayou.
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/nov/08/timothy-bateson-obituary Obituary: Timothy Bateson
  11. Web site: Artist celebrates old boys with exhibition. Hemel Today. 30 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730150410/http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/artist-celebrates-old-boys-with-exhibition-1-1196058. 30 July 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  12. Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000,), p.111
  13. Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016,), p.5
  14. Web site: Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons. 30 July 2017. https://archive.today/20170720200322/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html. 20 July 2017. live. dmy-all.
  15. Christopher Foster, One Heart, One Way (Foundation House, 1989,), p.40
  16. https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2002349,00.html Obituary: Paul Channon
  17. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-sir-james-dunbar-nasmith-wj20b3mpm Obituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith
  18. Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016,), p.6
  19. Web site: Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques. Sfarad.es. 15 December 2023.
  20. Richard B Mead, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO (Pen and Sword, 2016,)
  21. Web site: Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park.
  22. Book: Denham&Garnett . 2001 . Keith Joseph . Great Britain . Acumen . 9781902683034.
  23. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1808
  24. Web site: Mansur Ali Khan "Tiger" Pataudi: The enigmatic Nawab. 6 January 2015 . CricketCountry.com. 15 December 2023.
  25. News: Bhattacharya, Roshmila. 'I've inherited his legacy of goodwill, but... he is a difficult role model to follow'. 21 April 2013. The Telegraph. 28 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160818084008/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130421/jsp/7days/story_16809262.jsp. 18 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  26. Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000,), p.110
  27. Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009,), p. 17
  28. Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas . 10.1093/ref:odnb/31480 . 2004 .
  29. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/edmund-de-rothschild-banker-and-horticulturalist-who-modernised-rothschilds-and-restored-the-family-gardens-at-exbury-1570728.html Obituary: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild
  30. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leopold-de-rothschild-9zdm0q75kwf Obituary: Leopold David de Rothschild
  31. Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000,), p.107
  32. Web site: Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park.
  33. Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000,), p.117

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