Alderman Newton's School
This building was vacated by the school in 1920 when it moved to the old "Wyggestone School" building. A girls school was established at these vacated premises.
Alderman Newton's School was a grammar school then it became a secondary school in Leicester. Its pupils were known as Newtonians. They wore a uniform of green coats. The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, Gabriel Newton.[1] The school was closed in 1999 when it was merged by the local authority with two other local schools to form a single school.The road where the new school is located is named Greencoat Road in acknowledgement of the green coats worn by Alderman Newton's School pupils.[2] There is an Old Newtonians Society for ex-pupils and an Old Newtonians Rugby Football club.
Land at Greyfriars acquired by the school in 1863 later proved to be the site of the Greyfriars Church and Priory which contained the site of the grave of King Richard III.
Notable former pupils
- Sir Greg Knight (born 1949), Conservative politician
- Neil McKendrick (born 1935), historian
- Harry Morley (1881-1943), artist and illustrator
- Sir Edwin Nixon (1925–2008), IBM executive
- Theodore Plucknett (1897–1965), academic and historian
- Sir John Plumb (1911–2001), historian
- Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow (1905–1980), academic and novelist
- Trevor Storer (1930–2013), baker, founder of Pukka Pies
- Eric Trapp (1910–1993), Anglican Bishop of Zululand and later of Bermuda
- Sir Alan Walters (1926–2009), economist and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
Notes
- ↑ I. A. W. Place. "The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester" (PDF). University of Leicester.
- ↑ "Edubase: Alderman Newton's School". Department for Education.