Alderman Newton's School

Site of Alderman Newton's Boys School, Greyfriars, Leicester, from 1864 to 1920

Alderman Newton's School was a secondary school in Leicester. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, Gabriel Newton.[1] The school closed in 1999.[2]

Land at Greyfriars acquired by the school in 1863 later proved to be the site of the grave of King Richard III.

Notable former pupils

Notes

  1. I. A. W. Place. "The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester" (PDF). University of Leicester.
  2. "Edubase: Alderman Newton's School". Department for Education.

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