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Hanford School

Hanford School

School

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

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History

Hanford House was built in Jacobean style in 1604, or 1620,[1] and completed in 1623,[2] 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,[3] 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."[4]

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.[5] In 1959, the school was taken over by their daughter, Sarah. In 1960, the building was listed as grade II*,[6] ten days after the nearby Church of St Michael and All Angels.[7] After retiring as headmistress in 2003, she handed the school over to the Hanford School Charitable Trust in 2004, which now runs it.[1]

Boarding pupils are split into two houses – Fan’s for year 8 pupils and Main House for all other years.  

Headmasters and Mistresses

  • The Reverend Clifford and Enid Canning (1947 - 1959)
  • Sarah Canning (1959 - 2003)
  • Michael and Ann Sharp (1980s - 2003)
  • Robert and Kate Mackenzie Johnston (1994 - 2003)
  • Nigel and Sarah Mackay (2003 - 2014)
  • Rory and George Johnston (2014 - 2023)
  • Mrs Hilary Phillips (2023 - to present)

Notable staff

  • Sarah Butt, captain of the England lacrosse national team[8]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:People educated at Hanford School

References

  1. [1]
    "Hanford School". The Good Schools Guide. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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    "Hanford House". Great Houses. Dorsetshire.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Day, Michael (31 May 2002). "Hanford (St. Michael)". Dorset Churches. Michael Day. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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    "New prospectus shows Hanford's unique approach to learning". This is Dorset. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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    "Hanford School, Hanford". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hanford". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  8. [8]
    "My School Sport: Sarah Butt". The Telegraph – Sport. 23 January 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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