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Wisbech Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, Church of England, private day school and sixth form in Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.^[1]

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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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Abolitionism in the United Kingdom

Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.

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Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover

Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover LL FRGS, FSA, FLS (16 August 1830 – 21 October 1919), was an English Quaker banker, philanthropist and collector of ancient manuscripts.

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Ali Price

Alistair William Price (born 12 May 1993) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh.

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Alumni Cantabrigienses

Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 is a biographical register of former members of the University of Cambridge which was edited by the mathematician John Venn (1834–1923) and his son John Archibald Venn (1883–1958) and published by Cambridge University Press in ten volumes between 1922 and 1953.

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Amadeus (play)

Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer which gives a fictional account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, imagining a rivalry between the two at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

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Assisted Places Scheme

The Assisted Places Scheme was established in the UK by the Conservative government in 1980.

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AstroTurf

AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for playing surfaces in sports.

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Bishop of Ely

The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Kildare

The Bishop of Kildare was an episcopal title which took its name after the town of Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Brian Hitch

Brian Hitch (2 June 1932 – 3 August 2004) was a British diplomat, academic, and musician who was High Commissioner to Malta between 1988 and 1991.

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Brighton College

Brighton College is an independent, co-educational boarding and day public school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18), Brighton College Preparatory School (children aged 8 to 13, located next to the senior school) and the Pre-Prep School (children aged 3 to 8). Wisbech Grammar School and Brighton College are member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely

Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely was, from 1965 to 1974, an administrative and geographical county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom.

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Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council is the county council for non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Caribbean Commission

The Caribbean Commission, originally the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, was established on 9 March 1942 to improve the common social and economic problems of the region and deal with wartime issues.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Charles Lindsay (bishop)

Charles Dalrymple Lindsay (also spelt Lyndsay; 15 December 1760 – 8 August 1846), was Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora from 1803 to 1804 when he was translated to Kildare.

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Charles Wale

Sir Charles Wale KCB (16 August 1765 – 20 March 1845) was an English General and the last British governor of Martinique between about 1812 and 1815.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Chatteris

Chatteris is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in the Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely.

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Cheltenham Ladies' College

Cheltenham Ladies' College (CLC) is a private boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.

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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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Church usher

In many denominations of the Christian Church, a Church usher (not to be confused with church greeter) is responsible for seating guests and maintaining the order and security of services.

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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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Claire Goose

Claire Goose is a Scottish actress who first gained attention playing Tina Seabrook on the long-running BBC One medical drama Casualty (1997–2000).

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Clement Freud

Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009) was a German-born British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef.

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College-preparatory school

A college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school or prep school) is a type of secondary school.

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Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 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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Comptroller

A comptroller (pronounced either the same as controller or as) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Day school

A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes.

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Denys Bullard

Denys Gradwell Bullard (15 August 1912 – 2 November 1994) was a British farmer and politician.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Dragons' Den (British TV programme)

Dragons' Den is a British reality television business programme, presented by Evan Davis and based upon the original Japanese series.

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Ecumenism

Ecumenism (alternatively spelled oecumenism)also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalismis the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.

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Education Act 1902

The Education Act 1902 (2 Edw. 7 c. 42), also known as the Balfour Act, was a highly controversial Act of Parliament that set the pattern of elementary education in England and Wales for four decades.

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Edward VI

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553.

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Eleven-plus

The eleven-plus (11+) is a standardised examination administered to some students in England and Northern Ireland in their last year of primary education, which governs admission to grammar schools and other secondary schools which use academic selection.

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Emmerich am Rhein

Emmerich am Rhein (Low Rhenish and Emmerik) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.

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Fleet, Lincolnshire

Fleet is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Frank Arthur Stockdale

Sir Frank Arthur Stockdale, (24 June 1883 – 3 August 1949) was a British agriculturist and colonial agricultural administrator.

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Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.

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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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George Russell (racing driver)

George William Russell (born 15 February 1998) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes.

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Glasgow Warriors

Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland.

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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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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

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Holbeach

Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England.

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom.

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Hunstanton

Hunstanton (sometimes pronounced) is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, which had a population of 4,229 at the 2011 Census.

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Hymnwriter

A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns.

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Ice Hockey UK

Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) is the national governing body of ice hockey in the United Kingdom.

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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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Institution of Electrical Engineers

The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and information technology professionals, especially electrical engineers.

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Isle of Ely

The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.

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ITV Anglia

ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England.

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John Clarkson (abolitionist)

Lieutenant John Clarkson (4 April 1764 – 2 April 1828) was a Royal Navy officer and abolitionist, the younger brother of Thomas Clarkson, one of the central figures in the abolition of slavery in England and the British Empire at the close of the 18th century.

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John (Jack) William Gordon (19 November 1925 – 20 November 2017) was an English writer of young-adult supernatural fiction.

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John Muriel

John Muriel (7 April 1909 – 1975), also known as "John St.

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John Richardson Major

John Richardson Major (1797 – 29 February 1876) was a Church of England clergyman who spent most of his life as a schoolmaster.

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John Thurloe

John Thurloe (June 1616 – 21 February 1668) was an English politician who served as secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for Oliver Cromwell and held the position of Postmaster General between 1655 and 1660.

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Joseph Medworth

Joseph Medworth a son of Simon Medworth (1723-1761), a ropemaker, and Anna Lampson (b. 1725) was born in Wisbech in 1752.

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Kelly's Directory

Kelly's Directory (or more formally, the Kelly's, Post Office and Harrod & Co Directory) was a trade directory in Britain that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local gentry, landowners, charities, and other facilities.

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King's Lynn

King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta

The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malta is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Malta, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.

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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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Local education authorities in England and Wales

Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions.

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Long Sutton, Lincolnshire

Long Sutton is a market town in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Longman

Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

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Magdalene College, Cambridge

Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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March, Cambridgeshire

March is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Martinique

Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Mentioned in dispatches

To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Mercedes-Benz in Formula One

Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury automotive brand of the Mercedes-Benz Group, has been involved in Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1954.

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Mike Stevens (saxophonist)

Michael William Stevens (born 26 January 1957) is an English musician.

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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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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

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Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Norwich Puppet Theatre

The Norwich Puppet Theatre is a nationally unique venue dedicated to.

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Oh, What a Lovely War!

Oh, What a Lovely War! is an epic musical developed by Joan Littlewood and her ensemble at the Theatre Workshop in 1963.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.

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Peckover House and Garden

Peckover House & Garden is a National Trust property located in North Brink, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Wisbech Grammar School and Peckover House and Garden are Wisbech.

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Philip Vassar Hunter

Philip Vassar Hunter CBE (c. 1883 &ndash) was a British engineer and businessman.

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Preparatory school (United Kingdom)

A preparatory school (or, shortened: prep school) in the United Kingdom is a fee-charging private primary school that caters for children up to approximately the age of 13.

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Price-cap regulation

Price-cap regulation is a form of incentive regulation capping the prices that firms in a natural monopoly position may charge their customers.

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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813.

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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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River Nene

The River Nene (or: see below) is a river that flows through the east of England.

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Saint Peter

Saint Peter (died AD 64–68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.

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Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team (Scotland naitional rugby union team, sgioba nàiseanta rugbaidh na h-Alba) represents the Scottish Rugby Union in men's international rugby union.

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Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System.

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She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773.

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Sierra Leone Company

The Sierra Leone Company was the corporate body involved in founding the second British colony in Africa on 11 March 1792 through the resettlement of Black Loyalists who had initially been settled in Nova Scotia (the Nova Scotian Settlers) after the American Revolutionary War.

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Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18.

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Slave Trade Act

Slave Trade Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to the slave trade.

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Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and sometimes referred to as the Abolition Society or Anti-Slavery Society, was a British abolitionist group formed on 22 May 1787.

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South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

South West Norfolk is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Terry Jermy of the Labour Party.

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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wisbech

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul or St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. Wisbech Grammar School and St Peter and St Paul's Church, Wisbech are Wisbech.

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Stationers' Company's School

The Stationers' Company's School was a grammar school for boys, later a comprehensive school in Hornsey, north London.

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Stuart Restoration

The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Duchess of Malfi

The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613.

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, which has since expanded to 144 nations.

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The Giant Under the Snow

The Giant Under The Snow is a children's fantasy adventure novel by John Gordon.

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The Honourable

The Honourable (Commonwealth English) or The Honorable (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: Hon., Hon'ble, or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Recruiting Officer

The Recruiting Officer is a 1706 play by the Irish writer George Farquhar, which follows the social and sexual exploits of two officers, the womanising Plume and the cowardly Brazen, in the town of Shrewsbury (the town where Farquhar himself was posted in this capacity) to recruit soldiers.

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Thetford Grammar School

Thetford Grammar School is a private co-educational day school in Thetford, Norfolk, England.

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Thomas Clarkson

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire.

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Thomas Clarkson Academy

Thomas Clarkson Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Thomas Herring

Thomas Herring (169323 March 1757) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1747 to 1757.

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Tripos

A Tripos (plural 'Triposes') is an academic examination that originated at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season.

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United Kingdom Mathematics Trust

The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) is a charity founded in 1996 to help with the education of children in mathematics within the UK.

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Victoria County History

The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria.

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Voluntary aided school

A voluntary aided school (VA school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a religious organisation) contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school.

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W. H. Jude

William Herbert Jude (1851–1922), usually credited as W.H. Jude, was an English composer and organist.

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Whittlesey

Whittlesey (also Whittlesea) is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England.

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Wimbledon Championships

The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

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Wisbech

Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Wisbech & Fenland Museum

The Wisbech & Fenland Museum, located in the town of Wisbech in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the oldest purpose-built museums in the United Kingdom. Wisbech Grammar School and Wisbech & Fenland Museum are Wisbech.

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Wisbech Castle

Wisbech Castle was a stone to motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. Wisbech Grammar School and Wisbech Castle are Wisbech.

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References

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

Also known as Magdalene House.

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Wisbech Grammar School, the Glossary

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1379 establishments in England

Private schools in Cambridgeshire

Wisbech

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