Christ's Hospital
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Christ's Hospital is a public school with a royal charter, located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and the royal charter granted in 1553. Since its establishment, Christ's Hospital has been a charity school, with a core aim to offer children from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance of a better education.
Christ's Hospital
King Edward VI, founder of Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital's buildings in London in 1770, with the tower of Christ Church Greyfriars at right
Engraving in The Microcosm of London (1808) of the Great Hall on St Matthew's Day, 21 September. Two Grecians destined for scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge universities give orations in praise of the school in Latin and English. The Verrio painting is on the wall on the right.
Public school (United Kingdom)
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In England and Wales, a public school is a type of fee-charging private school originally for older boys. They are "public" in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or profession; nor are they run for the profit of a private owner.
The playing fields of Rugby School, 1567, reestablished 1828. The rules of rugby football were codified here in 1845.
View of the old Norman Staircase and scholars, King's School Canterbury, lithograph by William Harvey, 1851
A bird's eye view of Eton College, founded 1440, by David Loggan, published in his Cantabrigia Illustrata of 1690
Cheltenham College, 1841