Ormskirk Grammar School
Encyclopedia
History
It was founded circa 1610 and moved from the original school house at Barkhouse Hill to Ruff Lane in 1850. The architect Sydney SmirkeSydney Smirke
Sydney Smirke, architect, was born in London, England, the younger brother of Sir Robert Smirke, also an architect. Their father, also Robert Smirke, had been a well-known 18th Century painter.Sydney Smirke's works include:...
designed the original school room and school masters house which is to the west of the main school building. The school was consistently extended for the next 150 years to extend either side of Mill Street. It was situated in the east of the town, towards the hospital.
In the 1960s it had 750 boys and girls, and 850 in the early 1970s.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in the late 1970s, year by year, with around 1,000 boys and girls.Closure
It closed when the school amalgamated with Cross Hall High School, resulting in the formation of Ormskirk SchoolOrmskirk School
Ormskirk School is a secondary comprehensive in West Lancashire, England, created in September 2001 by the amalgamation of two schools in Ormskirk – Cross Hall High School and Ormskirk Grammar School, an investment costing £16 million. The school caters for roughly 1400 students aged between 11-18...
in 2001 and was largely demolished to make way for housing in 2005 leaving only the original building on Ruff Lane which has now been converted into flats.
Alumni
- John Christie, Royal MintRoyal MintThe Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but since 2009 it operates as Royal Mint Ltd, a company which has an exclusive contract with HM Treasury to supply all coinage for the UK...
executive - Ray ConnollyRay ConnollyRay Connolly is an English novelist, screenwriter and journalist.He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for the films That’ll Be the Day and the sequel Stardust and for his many interviews with the Beatles...
, novelist - Rt Rev Frederick Charles DarwentFrederick Charles DarwentFrederick Charles Darwent is the former bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, from 1978 to 1992.-References:...
, Bishop of Aberdeen and OrkneyDiocese of Aberdeen and OrkneyThe Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. In mainland Scotland, the diocese covers the City of Aberdeen and most of Aberdeenshire...
from 1978-92 - Vickey DixonVickey DixonVictoria Jane Dixon is a former field hockey player from England, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She played for Ipswich Ladies Hockey Club.-References:* * *...
, hockey player - Frederick Greer, 1st Baron FairfieldFrederick Greer, 1st Baron FairfieldFrederick Arthur Greer, 1st Baron Fairfield PC was a British lawyer and judge. Born to a merchant and his wife, Greer became a barrister and member of Gray's Inn, practicing in Liverpool. In 1910 he became a King's Counsel, and in 1919 a judge of the High Court of Justice...
, Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
from 1927-38 - John Forshaw CB MC, architect, Chief Architect at the Ministry of Housing and Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing and Local GovernmentThe Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a United Kingdom government department formed after the Second World War, covering the areas of housing and local government....
from 1951-9 - Tom Frost, Group Chief Executive from 1987-92 of the National Westminster BankNational Westminster BankNational Westminster Bank Plc, commonly known as NatWest, is the largest retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom and has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc since 2000. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is ranked as the second largest bank in the world by assets...
- Tom MiddlehurstTom MiddlehurstTom Middlehurst is a Welsh Labour Party politician and former member of the National Assembly of Wales for the Alyn and Deeside constituency from 1999 to 2003.-References:*-External links:*...
, Welsh Assembly Member from 1999-2003 for Alyn and DeesideAlyn and Deeside (Assembly constituency)Alyn and Deeside is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election... - Christine Morgan, Head of BBC Religion Radio since 2009, former Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
producer, and married to Paul VallelyPaul VallelyPaul Vallely CMG is a leading British writer on Africa and development issues. He first coined, in his seminal 1990 book Bad Samaritans: First World Ethics and Third World Debt, the expression that campaigners needed to move "from charity to justice" – a slogan that was taken up by Jubilee 2000 and... - Sidney Procter CBE, Group Chief Executive from 1982-5 of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and Chief Executive from 1978-82 of Williams & Glyn's BankWilliams & Glyn's BankWilliams & Glyn's Bank Limited was established in London in 1970, when the Royal Bank of Scotland merged its two subsidiaries in England and Wales, Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd. and Glyn, Mills & Co...
