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Ysgol Glan Clwyd (or Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd) is a Welsh medium secondary school, and was the first of its kind. It opened in 1956, initially at Rhyl on the coast before moving inland to St Asaph in 1969. [1] [2] It is overseen by the Denbighshire Local Education Authority.
St Asaph (/ ˈ æ s ə f /; [1] Welsh: Llanelwy [ɬanˈɛlʊɨ̯] "church on the Elwy" [2]) is a cathedral city [3] and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales.In the 2011 Census it had a population of 3,355, [4] making it the second-smallest city in the United Kingdom in terms of population and urban area.
Denbigh High School forms part of the Dyffryn Clwyd Consortium at A level. This was a partnership agreement with neighbouring schools, St Brigid's School (in Denbigh), Ysgol Brynhyfryd (in Ruthin), Ysgol Glan Clwyd (in St Asaph), and Denbigh College, to provide transport for students who wish to study subjects from different schools. However ...
Wilson's School is a state boys' grammar school with academy status in the London Borough of Sutton, England. It was founded as Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell in 1615 by Edward Wilson, making it one of the country's oldest state schools. [4] The school moved to its present location on part of the site of the former Croydon Airport in 1975
Ellis was born into an ecclesiastical family [4] and educated at Ruthin School and St Catherine's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1908, [5] he began his career with a curacy at Chesterfield Parish Church. [6] From 1912 to 1938 he held three incumbencies in Liverpool. In 1938 he was appointed Dean of St Asaph, [7] a position he held for 19 years.
He was installed bishop of St. Asaph on 16 July 1704. [5] He died in apartments in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey in London on 5 March 1708. During his lifetime Beveridge refused to sit for his portrait, [6] but following his death Benjamin Ferrers, a relative, painted one, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, from his corpse. [7]
Whilst at St Asaph, he raised £600 for repairs to the cathedral. He was one of the few Welshmen to be appointed as bishop of a Welsh diocese during the eighteenth century (and was the last Welsh bishop of St Asaph before 1870) and gained a reputation as a diligent bishop and one who appointed local men to parishes.
The period between 1701 and the 1870 Elementary Education Act saw an expansion in access to formal education in Wales, though schooling was not yet universal.. During the 18th century, various philanthropic efforts were made to provide education to poorer children and sometimes adults—schools established by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), circulating schools, Sunday ...