Blundell's School

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Blundell's School
Motto Pro Patria Populoque
(For the country and the people")
Established 1604
Type Public school
Head Master Ian Davenport BA
Chairman of the Governors E.D. Fursdon DL MA (Oxon) FRICS
Founder Peter Blundell
Location Blundells Road
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 4DN
England
Staff 66
Students 550 (senior school approx.)
400 (preparatory school approx.)
Gender Co-educational
Ages 2½ to 18
Houses 8
School colours Red & White          
Former pupils Old Blundellians
Website www.blundells.org
Coordinates: 50°54′23″N 3°27′58″W / 50.906499, -3.466174

Blundell's School is a British public school, often seen as the Eton of the southwest, it is located in Tiverton in the county of Devon. It was founded by the will of Peter Blundell in 1604, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the outskirts of town in 1882. Annual Boarding fees: £23,875 per year, however the school also offers flexi-boarding. TOTAL PUPILS 2008: 350 boys and 225 girls, including 107 boys and 65 girls in the 6th form. The Old Blundell's School is now in the care of the National Trust, and its forecourt is usually open to visitors. One ex-Blundell's boy was the writer R. D. Blackmore — in Lorna Doone he used the Blundell's triangular lawn as the stage for a fight between John Ridd and Robin Snell. [1]B

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[edit] Southern Railway School's Class

The School lent its name to the thirtythird steam locomotive (Engine 932) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40. This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Blundells', as it was called, was built in 1934.The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s.

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