Beverley Grammar School, the Glossary
Beverley Grammar School is an 11–16 boys’ comprehensive secondary academy school in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.[1]
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42 relations: Academy (English school), Ancient Rome, Anno Domini, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Aulus Licinius Archias, Battle of Waterloo, Beverley, Beverley High School, Beverley Minster, Christopher Neil Fraser, Cicero, Comprehensive school (England and Wales), Dissolution of the monasteries, East Riding of Yorkshire, Engineering College (English specialist school), GCSE, Grammar school, Head teacher, Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe, John Alcock (bishop), John Andrew (priest, born 1931), John Conington, John Fisher, John of Beverley, Ken Annakin, Kyle Edmund, List of oldest schools, List of schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire, List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, Neil Mallender, Ofsted, Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979), Pro Archia Poeta, Roman citizenship, Secondary school, Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet, Smithson Tennant, Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot), Tony Topham, William Howe De Lancey, World War I.
- 700 establishments
- 7th-century establishments in England
- Academies in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Beverley
- Educational institutions established in the 7th century
- Secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Specialist engineering colleges in England
Academy (English school)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.
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Aulus Licinius Archias
Aulus Licinius Archias (Ἀρχίας; fl. c. 120 – 61 BC) was a Greco-Syrian poet.
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Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Beverley
Beverley is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Beverley High School
Beverley High School is a girls' comprehensive school in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Beverley Grammar School and Beverley High School are Beverley and secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Beverley Minster
Beverley Minster, otherwise known as the Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. Beverley Grammar School and Beverley Minster are Beverley.
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Christopher Neil Fraser
Christopher Neil Fraser (born July 1974) is a British-born Australian businessman.
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.
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Comprehensive school (England and Wales)
A comprehensive school, or simply a comprehensive, typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–16 or 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria, usually academic performance.
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Dissolution of the monasteries
The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.
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East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Engineering College (English specialist school)
Engineering Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in England.
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GCSE
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.
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Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.
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Head teacher
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school.
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Ineos
Ineos Group Limited is a British multinational conglomerate headquartered and registered in London.
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Jim Ratcliffe
Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe (born 18 October 1952) is a British billionaire, chemical engineer, and businessman.
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John Alcock (bishop)
John Alcock (– 1 October 1500) was an English churchman, bishop and Lord Chancellor.
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John Andrew (priest, born 1931)
John Gerald Barton Andrew, OBE (10 January 1931 – 17 October 2014) was a British Anglican priest.
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John Conington
John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.
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John Fisher
John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal, and theologian.
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John of Beverley
John of Beverley (died 7 May 721) was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria.
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Ken Annakin
Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director.
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Kyle Edmund
Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a South African-born British professional tennis player.
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List of oldest schools
This is a list of extant schools, excluding universities and higher education establishments, that have been in continuous operation since founded.
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List of schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire
This is a list of schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
This list of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom contains extant schools in the United Kingdom established prior to 1700.
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Neil Mallender
Neil Alan Mallender (born 13 August 1961) is a former English cricketer.
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Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.
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Paul William Robinson (born 15 October 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Premier League and Football League for Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers and Burnley.
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Pro Archia Poeta
Cicero's oration Pro Archia Poeta ("On Behalf of Archias the Poet") is the published literary form of his defense of Aulus Licinius Archias, a poet accused of not being a Roman citizen.
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Roman citizenship
Citizenship in ancient Rome (civitas) was a privileged political and legal status afforded to free individuals with respect to laws, property, and governance.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet
Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet (22 July 1600 – 20 November 1657) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1643.
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Smithson Tennant
Smithson Tennant FRS (30 November 1761 – 22 February 1815) was an English chemist.
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Thomas Percy (Gunpowder Plot)
Thomas Percy (– 8 November 1605) was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
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Tony Topham
Anthony John Topham (27 October 1929 – 2 March 2004) was a British academic and writer.
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William Howe De Lancey
Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey (1778 – 26 June 1815) was an officer in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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See also
700 establishments
- Abbey of Echternach
- Beverley Grammar School
7th-century establishments in England
- Abingdon Abbey
- All Saints' Church, Brixworth
- Anglican Diocese of Worcester
- Bardney Abbey
- Barking Abbey
- Bath Abbey
- Beverley Grammar School
- Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall
- Chertsey Abbey
- Cnobheresburg
- Diocese of Chichester
- Diocese of Hereford
- Diocese of Lincoln
- Diocese of Winchester
- Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Escomb Church
- Folkestone Priory
- Gilling Abbey
- Glastonbury Abbey
- Hartlepool Abbey
- Hereford Cathedral School
- Hexham Abbey
- King's School, Rochester
- Lyncombe, Bath
- Malmesbury Abbey
- Medeshamstede
- Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
- Muchelney Abbey
- Old Minster, Winchester
- Pershore Abbey
- Peterborough Cathedral
- Prinknash Abbey
- Repton Abbey
- Ripon Cathedral
- Royal Grammar School Worcester
- Soham Abbey
- St Leonard's Priory, Stamford
- St Peter's School, York
- Stone Priory
- The Minster School, York
- Thetford Grammar School
- Thorney Abbey
- Tynemouth Priory and Castle
- Wareham Priory
- Wenlock Priory
- Whitby Abbey
Academies in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Beverley Grammar School
- Cottingham High School
- Driffield School
- Goole Academy
- Hessle High School
- Holderness Academy
- Howden School
- South Hunsley School
- The Snaith School
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
- Wolfreton School
Beverley
- 11 Ladygate, Beverley
- Beverley
- Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
- Beverley Bar
- Beverley Beck
- Beverley Building Society
- Beverley Folk Festival
- Beverley Friary
- Beverley Grammar School
- Beverley Guildhall
- Beverley High School
- Beverley Minster
- Beverley RUFC
- Beverley Racecourse
- Beverley railway station
- Beverley town fair
- Beverley town walls
- Beverley/Linley Hill Airfield
- Corn Exchange, Beverley
- County Hall, Beverley
- East Riding College
- East Riding Community Hospital
- East Riding of Yorkshire Archive Service
- East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley
- East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Council elections
- Greyfriars, Beverley
- Grovehill Junction
- Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
- Museum of Army Transport
- Sessions House, Beverley
- St John of Beverley Church, Beverley
- St Mary's Church, Beverley
- The Beverley Treasure House
- Victoria Barracks, Beverley
- Westwood Hospital
Educational institutions established in the 7th century
- Beverley Grammar School
- Gukhak
- Hereford Cathedral School
- King's School, Rochester
- St Peter's School, York
- The Minster School, York
- Thetford Grammar School
Secondary schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire
- Beverley Grammar School
- Beverley High School
- Bridlington School
- Cottingham High School
- Driffield School
- Goole Academy
- Headlands School
- Hessle High School
- Holderness Academy
- Hornsea School and Language College
- Howden School
- Longcroft School
- South Hunsley School
- The Market Weighton School
- The Snaith School
- Withernsea High School
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
- Wolfreton School
Specialist engineering colleges in England
- Barr's Hill School
- Beverley Grammar School
- Bishop Stopford's School
- Bradfield School
- Chelmer Valley High School
- Congleton High School
- Darwen Vale High School
- Faringdon Community College
- Freebrough Academy
- Great Sankey High School
- Hawkley Hall High School
- Jarrow School
- Newstead Wood School
- Outwood Academy Brumby
- Skipton Girls' High School
- St Hild's Church of England School
- Tanfield School
- The Forest School, Horsham
- The Gateway Academy
- Trafalgar School, Portsmouth
- UCL Academy
- Wednesfield Academy
- Westcliff High School for Girls
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
- Winterstoke Hundred Academy
- Woodchurch High School
- Woodlands Community College