Mill Hill School
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Mill Hill School is an independent school for boarding and day pupils aged 13–18, located in Mill Hill, London. The current headmaster is William R Winfield, MA.
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[edit] History
A committee of non-conformist merchants and ministers founded the school for boys only in 1807. They located it outside the boundary of London because of "dangers both physical and moral, awaiting youth while passing through the streets of a large, crowded and corrupt city". The school is therefore located in peaceful, secure and rural surroundings, yet by today's standards very close to Central London.
Mill Hill School occupies a 120-acre site, part of which formed the gardens of Ridgeway House, the house of botanist Peter Collinson. Collinson was one of the most important importers of rare and exotic plants into English gardens. Many of the species that he introduced to Mill Hill in the 18th Century continue to flourish today in the grounds of the School.
In 1939, Mill Hill School, from North London, was evacuated to St. Bees for the duration of the Second World War.
Mill Hill first admitted Sixth Form girls in 1975 and became fully co-educational in 1997.
[edit] Management
The school is run by the Mill Hill School Foundation. The foundation offers education to boys and girls aged 3 - 18 in three schools. The foundation's other schools are:
- Belmont School - a day school for pupils aged 7 - 13. Head: Lynn Duncan BSc
- Grimsdell - a pre-preparatory day school for pupils aged 3 - 7. Head: Mrs Pauline E R Bennett-Mills, Cert Ed
[edit] Rugby
Mill Hill School has a large range of sports. Traditionally the main school sport has been Rugby Union, whose colours are chocolate brown and white. Notable events in recent rugby history include:
1993 Winners of Middlesex Cup
1994 Tour to South Africa and Australia, Ben Levenstein England Schools U-18s
1995 Peter Mensah England A
1997 Adrian Flavin England Schools U-18s
1999 Gerald Arasa England U-21s
2000 Tour to South Africa, Winners of the Middlesex Cup
2003 Tour to Australia and Fiji, the most successful to date
2004 Finalists of the Middlesex Cup
2005 Tour to Canada
[edit] Famous former pupils
(See also the category "Old Millhillians".)
- Ernest Satow
- Denis Thatcher
- Patrick Troughton
- Jasper Britton (see [1])
- Richard Dimbleby
- Simon Jenkins
- Francis Harry Compton Crick
- Michael Bishop
- Keith Levene from Public Image Limited
- Mitchell Symons
- Stanislav Ianevski
[edit] James Murray
One of the more important former members of staff was James Murray, editor of a new English Dictionary, that was to become the Oxford English Dictionary.
In preparation for the work ahead Murray built a corrugated-iron shed in the grounds of Mill Hill School, called the Scriptorium.
A scriptorium remains at the school today called the Murray Scriptorium, however this is not the same building as the original.
One of the school's houses is named after him (Murray).
