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Milton Abbey School, the Glossary

Milton Abbey School is a private school for day and boarding pupils in the village of Milton Abbas, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, in South West England.^[1]

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10th-century establishments in England
933 establishments
Boarding schools in Dorset
Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Salisbury
Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Dorset
Hambro family
Houses in Dorset
Monasteries in Dorset
Private schools in Dorset

A-level

The A-level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational authorities of British Crown dependencies to students completing secondary or pre-university education.

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Agostino Carlini

Augostino Carlini or Agostino Carlini (c. 1718 – 15 August 1790) was an Italian sculptor and painter, who was born in Genoa but settled in England.

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Alastair Bruce of Crionaich

Major-General Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce (born 25 June 1960), is a journalist and television correspondent, and a senior British Army reservist and officer of arms in the Royal Household.

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Alexander Faludy

Reverend Alexander Faludy (born 1983), son of English schoolteachers, Andrew and Tanya Faludy, and grandson of the celebrated Hungarian poet, György Faludy, is an Anglican priest presently pursuing legal studies.

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Angus Hambro

Angus Valdemar Hambro (8 July 1883 – 19 November 1957) was a British Conservative Party politician. Milton Abbey School and Angus Hambro are Hambro family.

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Augustus Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (– 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, north-west of Poole.

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Business and Technology Education Council

The Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) is a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Capability Brown

Lancelot "Capability" Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783) was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.

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Carl Joachim Hambro (banker)

Baron Carl Joachim Hambro (23 November 1807 – 27 November 1877) was a Danish banker. Milton Abbey School and Carl Joachim Hambro (banker) are Hambro family.

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Charles Montagu, 5th Baron Swaythling

Charles Edgar Samuel Montagu, 5th Baron Swaythling (born 20 February 1954), is the second child and only son of David Montagu, 4th Baron Swaythling, and his wife Christiane Françoise née Dreyfus.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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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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Dixton Manor

Dixton Manor is a Grade II*-listed 16th-century manor house in the south of Alderton parish, Gloucestershire, England. Milton Abbey School and Dixton Manor are Hambro family.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Edward Barnes (television executive)

Edward Campbell Barnes (8 October 1928 – 8 September 2021) was a British television executive, and producer at the BBC.

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Edward Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale

Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (6 August 1947 – 1 February 2005), was a Scottish peer, a member of the House of Lords.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century.

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Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez

Eric Douglas Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (born 13 August 1956), is a British hereditary peer.

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Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009 a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published in London, England.

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Flint

Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.

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Francis Fulford (landowner)

Francis Fulford (born 31 August 1952) is a British aristocrat, businessman, television personality, presenter and former stockbroker.

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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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Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Hamstone

Hamstone is a honey-coloured building stone from Ham Hill, Somerset, England.

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Independent Schools Council

The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit lobby group that represents over 1,300 private schools in the United Kingdom.

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John Damer

Hon. John Damer (25 June 1744 – 15 August 1776) was a British Whig politician.

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John Nash, Baron Nash

John Alfred Stoddard Nash, Baron Nash (born 22 March 1949)Debrett's is a Venture Capitalist, also formerly a Conservative Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools.

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John Tregonwell

Sir John Tregonwell (died 1565) was a Cornish jurist, a principal agent of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

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Jonathan Freeman-Attwood

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, CBE is the 14th principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London; he was appointed in 2008.

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Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester

Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester (12 March 1718 – 12 January 1798) was a country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1762 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milton.

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Josh Ovens

Joshua James McLaren Ovens (born 11 July 1989) is an English former rugby union player who played as a flanker.

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Mark Shand

Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014) was a British travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Queen Camilla.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Michael Palin

Sir Michael Edward Palin (born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter.

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Milton Abbas

Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around southwest of Blandford Forum.

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Milton, Dorset

The former town of Milton (or Middleton) in Dorset, England was cleared by the local landowner, Joseph Damer, Lord Milton, in the 1770s. Milton Abbey School and Milton, Dorset are history of Dorset.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Pearson plc

Pearson plc is a multinational corporation, headquartered in the UK, focused on educational publishing and services.

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Peter Alliss

Peter Alliss (28 February 1931 – 5 December 2020) was an English professional golfer, television presenter, commentator, author and golf course designer.

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Prince Rostislav Romanov (born 1985)

Prince Rostislav Rostislavovich Romanov (Ростисла́в Ростисла́вович Рома́нов) (born 21 May 1985) is a British-Russian prince and painter, born in Illinois and living in the UK.

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Private schools in the United Kingdom

Private schools in the United Kingdom (also called independent schools) are schools that require fees for admission and enrollment.

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Pulpitum

The pulpitum is a common feature in medieval cathedral and monastic church architecture in Europe.

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Pyx

A pyx or pix (pyxis, transliteration of Greek: πυξίς, boxwood receptacle, from πύξος, box tree) is a small round container used in the Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Churches to carry the Eucharist, to the sick or those who are otherwise unable to come to a church in order to receive Holy Communion.

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R. F. Delderfield

Ronald Frederick Delderfield (12 February 1912 – 24 June 1972) was an English novelist and dramatist, some of whose works have been adapted for television and film.

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Ray Tarantino

Ray Tarantino (born 3 February 1976, Milan, Italy) is an Italian technology entrepreneur, author, photographer, and former touring songwriter of Italian descent.

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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings.

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Reredos

A reredos is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church.

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Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns is a British television adventure comedy anthology series.

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Robert Adam

Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.

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Royal Academy of Music

The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.

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Rupert Evans

Rupert Evans (born 9 March 1977) is a British actor.

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Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale

Rupert Bertram Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale, Baron Mitford (born 18 July 1967), is a British hereditary peer, Liberal Democrat politician and member of the prominent Mitford family.

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Sedilia

In church architecture, sedilia (plural of Latin sedīle, "seat") are seats, usually made of stone, found on the liturgical south side of an altar, often in the chancel, for use during Mass for the officiating priest and his assistants, the deacon and sub-deacon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Abbey_School

Also known as Milton Abbey.

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Milton Abbey School, the Glossary

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See also

10th-century establishments in England

933 establishments

Boarding schools in Dorset

Church of England private schools in the Diocese of Salisbury

Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Dorset

Hambro family

Houses in Dorset

Monasteries in Dorset

Private schools in Dorset

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