Beckington, Ravenscroft School c.1950
Photo ref: B402004
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Photo ref: B402004
Photo of Beckington, Ravenscroft School c.1950

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A fine stone village a mile from Frome, Beckington has some superb stone houses and a church with an excellent Norman tower. The Castle, in 1955 the Ravenscroft School, a boys' prep school, is a late 16th-century house of three storeys with gabled attics and a three-storey porch and stair turret, both crowned with medieval-style battlements.

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Memories of Beckington, Ravenscroft School c1950

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Beckington, Ravenscroft School c.1950

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I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a teacher too. I could write a lot on the school because I knew it so well. What does not show in the pictures is the large coach house barn close by at the top of the drive way. This had ...see more
Not a memory just interested as you can see my name is Beckington !!!
Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to get his wallet. When he got back outside the car was gone. He ran out into the road and saw that it was in fact parked between two cars in the hammer head. He must have left it with the ...see more