Hanford School

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Hanford School
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Hanford School
Location
DT11 8HN
Coordinates50°53′57″N 2°13′19″W / 50.89926°N 2.22206°W / 50.89926; -2.22206Coordinates: 50°53′57″N 2°13′19″W / 50.89926°N 2.22206°W / 50.89926; -2.22206
Information
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1947
Local authorityDorset
Department for Education URN113911 Tables
Head teacherRory Johnston
GenderGirls
Age7 to 13
Enrolmentc. 100
Grounds45 acres (18 ha)
Websitehttps://www.hanfordschool.co.uk

Hanford School is a girls' boarding preparatory school located in Hanford, Childe Okeford, Dorset, England, established in 1947 and located in a grade II* listed house built in 1604 by Sir Robert Seymer.

Background[]

The school does not have a motto.[1]

The two houses are called the Main House and Fan's House.

History[]

Hanford House was built in Jacobean style in 1604, or 1620,[2] and completed in 1623,[3] by Sir Robert Seymer, who was a teller of the Exchequer and who was knighted in 1619, and whose family had lived in Hanford for several centuries,[4] and the small Gothic chapel was built in 1650. Country Life magazine wrote in 1905 that "the chapel is a picturesque building with a high gable, pleasant to look at, and within are several memorials of the Seymers."[5]

In 1947, the house and grounds were bought by the Reverend and Mrs. Clifford Canning and converted to a school. Clifford Canning had been headmaster of Canford School.[6] In 1959, the school was taken over by their daughter, Sarah. In 1960, the building was listed as grade II*,[7] ten days after the nearby Church of St Michael and All Angels.[8] After retiring as headmistress in 2003, she handed the school over to the Hanford School Charitable Trust in 2004, which now runs it.[2]

Notable staff[]

  • , captain of the England lacrosse national team[9]

Notable alumni[]

See also: Category:People educated at Hanford School

References[]

  1. ^ "Hanford School, Childe Okeford, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8HN". Tatler's Schools Guide. Tatler. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Hanford School". The Good Schools Guide. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Hanford House". Great Houses. Dorsetshire.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernhard (1852). "Seymer of Hanford". A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852, page 1216. Colburn and Co. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. ^ Day, Michael (31 May 2002). "Hanford (St. Michael)". Dorset Churches. Michael Day. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. ^ "New prospectus shows Hanford's unique approach to learning". This is Dorset. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Hanford School, Hanford". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hanford". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  9. ^ "My School Sport: Sarah Butt". The Telegraph – Sport. 23 January 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

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