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The King's School, Canterbury
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The King's School is a public school in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's oldest public school; and is arguably the oldest continuously operating school in the world, since education on the Abbey and Cathedral grounds has been uninterrupted since AD 597.
View over the Gateway Chamber
View over the Gateway Chamber
The inner of Mint Yard, with the Parry Block on the centre, built in 1881
The inner of Mint Yard, with the Parry Block on the centre, built in 1881
The Shirley Hall was built on the site of the tennis courts and opened by the Queen Mother in 1957. Assemblies, plays, concerts and public examination
The Shirley Hall was built on the site of the tennis courts and opened by the Queen Mother in 1957. Assemblies, plays, concerts and public examinations all take place here. Underneath the Hall is the Pupils' Social Centre
View of the Schoolhouse and The Norman Staircase
View of the Schoolhouse and The Norman Staircase
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.
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
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
A bird's eye view of Eton College, founded 1440, by David Loggan, published in his Cantabrigia Illustrata of 1690
Cheltenham College, 1841
Cheltenham College, 1841