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Revision as of 10:12, 2 May 2004
Christ's Hospital is a school in Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
In 1553, shortly before Edward VI died, it was founded in response to a sermon from Nicholas Ridley. Originally in the City of London, the girls school later moved to Hertford. The boys' school moved to the present location in 1902 with the girls' school re-unifying in 1985.
Links with the City and the Lord Mayor of London are maintained, with an annual parade through the City of London on St. Matthew's Day and a regular place in the Lord Mayor's Show.
The school is best known for the Tudor uniform: long blue coat, breeches and bands for boys (a complementary uniform was introduced for girls on re-unification of the schools).
Unusually for an independent school in England, fees (tuition and board) are paid on a means-tested basis, with many pupils paying no fees at all.
Former pupils include:
- Samuel Pepys (never a pupil but on the governing council at one point)
- Sir Colin Davis
- Barnes Wallis
- Bernard Levin
- Mark Thomas
- Jason Flemyng
- John Edmonds
- Charles Lamb
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Leigh Hunt
- Constant Lambert
- Edmund Blunden
- Keith Douglas
- Edmund Campion (reputed)
External links
- Official website
- www.oldblues.com (Alumni website)