Ilminster, Grammar School 1907
Photo ref: 58749
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Photo ref: 58749
Photo of Ilminster, Grammar School  1907

More about this scene

Positioned in the playing field of the school in Wharf Lane, our photographer looks towards the school buildings erected in 1878 in approved Gothic style. Modern buildings for the school, Greenfylde School, now occupy the playing field. Beyond is the late 15th-century church of St Mary; its superb west tower owes its scale and magnificence to the town's medieval wool prosperity, and is something of a copy of Wells Cathedral's sublime crossing tower.

A Selection of Memories from Ilminster

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. Here are some from Ilminster

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I started at the school in 1961 as a day boy. The school also had boarders who lived at what had been the original school building off Court Barton which was also the girls school in my day. Looking at the photographs in this collection, the school was very much the same when I was there. Now it is a first school called Greenfylde. the school was founded in 1549 so it was a very old institution indeed. When I look back I am glad I was able to go to the school.