Hello List Has anyone any idea what a mention in the Ardingley College (St Saviour's) magazine, sometime 1905-1911, of Theodore Victor L'Estrange having/receiving a foundation scholarship means?? I have not seen the magazine, the information was in a mail from the archivist. She did not know what it meant. Thanks Bev

Hi Bev Do you mean the archivist at Ardingly College? Surely they must have some record of the history of scholarships? Cheers Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Harsh" <[email protected]> To: "Sussex England" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:12 PM Subject: [SXP] foundation scholarship Ardingley > > Hello List > Has anyone any idea what a mention in the Ardingley College (St Saviour's) > magazine, sometime 1905-1911, of Theodore Victor L'Estrange > having/receiving a foundation scholarship means?? > I have not seen the magazine, the information was in a mail from the > archivist. She did not know what it meant. > Thanks > Bev > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bev, Maybe it wasn't a scholarship awarded by Ardingley itself, but (for example) a Foundation set up in memory of someone who awarded a scholarship to an institution the person had attended themselves? I had a look in the Gale newspapers and there were a few items similar to this one - "The Graphic (London), Saturday, 9 August 1879 - SOME VILLAGES NEAR BRIGHTON - .......It is curious that in going about these villages you once and again and then once more come upon an immense structure, raised in some lonely neighbourhood, and on some most advantageous site. This is a school. If you get out at Hayward's Heath you find one of them in the secluded village of Ardingly; at Hassock's Gate you are near another in a far-off part of the parish of Hurstpierpoint; again, near Lancing, there is a third immense building, each looking like a college of a University set down in the wild. In fact there is a regular network of these institutions throughout the county. It is one of the most remarkable educational experiments of modern times. The design is to bring the system of the great public schools within the range of every class of society. Ardingley, Hurst and Lancing are easily accessible from Brighton on the line. Ardingley will have accommodation for a thousand lads, "sons of poor gentlemen, tradesmen and farmers, mechanics, and others of small means." Lord Granville laid the foundation, and we see that Mr Gladstone gives an annual scholarship." Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > Hi Bev > Do you mean the archivist at Ardingly College? Surely they must have some > record of the history of scholarships? > Cheers > Andy >> Has anyone any idea what a mention in the Ardingley College (St >> Saviour's) >> magazine, sometime 1905-1911, of Theodore Victor L'Estrange >> having/receiving a foundation scholarship means?? >> Bev