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Mount Grace School
Address
Map
Quakers Lane

Potters Bar
,
Hertfordshire
,
EN6 1EZ

England
Information
Typecomprehensive
Established1954
Local authorityHertfordshire
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Websitehttp://www.mountgrace.org.uk/

Mount Grace School is a Mixed comprehensive based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

History

Mount Grace was originally a Manor House built by Roger Fenton and name after his wife Grace.[1] In 1949 the Manor House was used as a children's home and in 1954 the school itself was built.

Local football

Potters Bar Town F.C. was established on the 29 June, 1960 by the then PE Master Ken Barrett along with pupils and other old scholars. This is why the nickname of the Towns team today is Scholars as the reference to Mount Grace School.[2] In the early days of the team other staff members of the school also helped including Bert Wright, the school's Caretaker.

Notes

  1. ^ "Potters Bar History Online: Mount Grace". pbhistory.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Potters Bar Town F.C. History". pottersbartown.co.uk.
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