The Stott s were a family of architects from Oldham , North West England , of Scottish descent who specialised in the design of cotton mills . James Stott was the father, Joseph and his elder brother Abraham Stott had rival practices, and in later years did not communicate. Their children continue their practices.
90-520: Joseph Stott was born on 25 October 1836 in Oldham, the third son of James Stott and Mary Henthorn. In the Oldham archives are papers relating to mills designed by Joseph and his practice. The only son of Joseph Stott, George was born in Oldham in 1876. He was educated at Mr Binns' Highfield Academy and Manchester Grammar School . On Joseph Stott's death in 1894 George Stott took over his father's practice, trading as Joseph Stott and Son. George Stott adopted
180-484: A Manchester-born man, attended Exeter College, Oxford and Queens' College, Cambridge , after having been tutored in the house of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby . Historical accounts suggest that he was not a particularly learned man, but was in Royal service, being a favoured protégé of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby , mother of Henry VII , and became recognised for his administrative abilities. He
270-464: A boarder in 1800, classes were held at roughly 7.00am to 9.00, 9.30 to 12.00 and 3.00pm to 5.00. By 1808 consideration was being given to moving from the site, as it was becoming insalubrious, but this proved impossible as the deed could not be changed except by Act of Parliament. Going from the Old Church to Long Millgate ... one is in an almost undisguised working men's quarter, for even
360-403: A different late medieval instrument, believed to be the gift of James Stanley II. South side (from the east): Portative organ , harp , psaltery (plucked) , dulcimer (played with hammers) , lute , fithele , hurdy-gurdy North side (from the east): clavicymbal , trumpet , shawm , Scots pipes (mouth-blown) , Irish pipes (bellows-blown) , recorder , tabor It is supposed that, in
450-601: A gale in February 2014 and had to be demolished. There are also 2 squash courts adjacent to the sports hall. The former rectory of St James's Birch-in-Rusholme (the adjacent redundant church) is located near the Sports Hall, and is the home of the Biology Department. However, only A-level biology is taught there. A new sports hall was opened in 2016. Located at the rear of the school, it is the building where
540-399: A gymnasium, reflecting the wider curriculum that had developed since the 1830s. It was connected to the original by a first-storey bridge. It was said that the bridge's purpose was not for ease of movement between the parts of the school, but rather to dwarf Chetham's gatehouse both in terms of size and grandeur. The tenure of Michael George Glazebrook as High Master, beginning in 1888, saw
630-679: A predominantly academic school and belongs to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference . In the post-war period, MGS was a direct-grant grammar school . It chose to become an independent school in 1976 after the Labour government abolished the Direct Grant System . Fees for 2023-2024 were £15,180 per annum, possibly now more after the Labour government removed private schools' charitable status. The founder, Hugh Oldham ,
720-521: A school house in the curtilage of Manchester's Parish Church and two graduates (the 'High Master' and the 'Usher') to teach Latin and later Greek, to any children who presented themselves. The school was intended to prepare pupils for university and eventually the Church or the legal profession. Typically, pupils would have stayed for 8 to 10 years before leaving for university. There was often enough money to fund bursaries or exhibitions for pupils. In 1654,
810-554: A visit by Elizabeth II to distribute the Royal Maundy . One of the recipients was the tower captain, Roland Eccles, for 35 years of service to ringing and the cathedral community. As of 28 July 2024: Letitia Elizabeth Landon 's poetical illustration, Collegiate Church, Manchester, to an engraving of a picture of the interior by Thomas Allom was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833. The visitor centre by
900-514: Is a quotation from Horace , famously used by Immanuel Kant and also the motto of the Enlightenment . The Senior School badge is an outline of an owl, carrying a banner with the word "dom" on it. This is a heraldic "canting" reference to its founder, Hugh Oldham , and the badge should be read as "owl-dom". This suggests that he pronounced his name, as the local accent in Oldham still tends to do, as "Ow[l]dem". Owls are also to be seen in
990-541: Is also commemorated in Victorian rebus , carvings of a man hunting and a man with a tun (barrel of ale), on either side of the arch accessing the Lady Chapel. The church's 14th-century west tower and Lady Chapel were incorporated into the current structure although little or no fabric of that date is still visible, and the Lady Chapel was lost in 1940. Traditionally the third warden, Ralph Langley (1465–1481),
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#17327732073431080-549: Is chaired by Sir Nicholas Hytner (Director of the National Theatre and a former pupil) who brought Alan Bennett and the actors from The History Boys to launch the campaign in 2006. The Michael Atherton Sports Hall was opened by Mike Atherton (a former pupil) in 1997 and subsequently used by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in recording of a live CD. The sports hall was severely damaged in
1170-604: Is constructed of three types of stone. The walls and internal piers were originally constructed in a dark purple-brown Collyhurst sandstone formed in the Early Permian period. This is now visible only in the tower arch of the nave, in the interior of the Jesus Chapel and in the chancel; as in the early 19th century all the surfaces of the nave and aisles were scored to be encased in Roman Cement . This damaged
1260-612: Is credited with rebuilding the nave but the nave and choir were substantially reconstructed again by James Stanley II (1485–1506) a few years later, when he raised the clerestory and provided the richly decorated timber roofs and choir stalls. James's stepmother, Lady Margaret Beaufort was mother of Henry VII and through their alliance with the Tudor dynasty the Stanleys acquired both fabulous wealth and access to architects and craftsmen working on royal commissions. On stylistic grounds,
1350-486: Is exceptionally fine. James Stanley was responsible for the embellishment of the nave roof with supports in the form of fourteen life-size angel minstrels; and for the endowment of his own chantry chapel (now destroyed) near the north-east corner, in which he was buried in 1515. The college was dissolved in 1547 in the reign of Edward VI by the Chantries Act , but refounded by his sister Mary in 1553. Its future
1440-589: Is known for its outstanding academic results. In 2017 91% of all A-Level grades were A*-B and at GCSE/IGCSE 68% of all grades were at the A* level. There are three publications focusing on the school. Ulula is an annual full-colour magazine detailing life at MGS during the year. MGS News is an annual 20-page glossy magazine published in October. It illustrates articles on the successes of MGS pupils, along with features on Old Mancunians and school events and activities. It
1530-578: Is produced in-house by the Public Relations Department for visitors at open events, current and prospective parents and teachers and the wider MGS community. The New Mancunian , is the school pupil newspaper which is written and produced by pupils and has won several national awards. The name echoes the Old Mancunian which is a monthly pamphlet sent out to ex-pupils. Specialist publications are produced by societies, such as
1620-715: The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George , in Manchester , England, is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester , seat of the Bishop of Manchester and the city's parish church . It is on Victoria Street in Manchester city centre and is a grade I listed building. The former parish church was rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style in
1710-503: The Israel Sieff Lecture Theatre (after a gift of £5,000 from Lord Marks' brother-in-law), which were opened on 19 September 1962. It currently hosts the following departments: Physics, General Science (taken by Year 7 and 8 pupils – before the subject splits into the usual three divisions), Geography, Computing and Mathematics. There are five physics laboratories, including one for radioactive experimentation, on
1800-505: The Owls' Nest , a large hut situated in Disley , south of Manchester, near to Lyme Park . The original ex-Army hut was opened at Christmas 1920, but it was destroyed by a German bomb on 23 December 1940 , and a replacement was provided in 1950. The building is used by forms and activity groups of the school as a base for outdoor trips and camping expeditions. The school was among the first in
1890-507: The Reformation until they were joined by Ripon when its collegiate foundation was restored in 1607. John Dee , magus and astrologer for Elizabeth I was warden from 1595 to 1608 and occupied the wardens' lodgings now incorporated into Chetham's Library . The present charter, the fourth, was granted by Charles I preserving the dedication of the college to Christ. In the early 16th century an almost complete sequence of chantry chapels
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#17327732073431980-968: The cotton famine ; it was captured by the Union forces. Notes Bibliography Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School ( MGS ) is a highly selective private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester , England , which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter ). It is the largest private day school for boys in the United Kingdom and has been described as “one of Britain’s most prestigious independent day schools”, known for its strong academic focus; having educated politicians, leading journalists, diplomats, Nobel laureates , poets, as well as Academy Award and BAFTA award-winning actors and directors. Originally named ‘The Manchester Free Grammar School for Lancashire Boys’, The Manchester Grammar School
2070-596: The vestry , canons' library and western porches in 1898; while Percy Worthington provided further accommodation to the South-east, originally as a choir school, but subsequently converted to offices. Consequently, the cathedral gives the impression of being a 19th-century structure. To accommodate upgrading work on the cathedral's heating system, in 2013 a temporary wooden cathedral was built on Victoria Street to allow worship to take place. The nave roof brackets are supported by fourteen angel sculptures, each playing
2160-902: The 1950s and '60s as a bicycle shed. In September 2008, MGS opened a Junior School for pupils in Years 5 and 6, extended to Years 3 and 4 in September 2011. Boys entering the Junior School do not sit an entrance exam but attend an assessment day and gain automatic admission into Year 7. The Junior School buildings are both state-of-the-art timber buildings, constructed from sustainable materials imported from Estonia . Junior School pupils in Years 3, 4 and most of Year 5 are located in Plessyngton Lodge. Year 6 and one class of year 5 pupils work in Bexwyke Lodge. The school owns
2250-509: The 19th century restoration of the nave, the clavicymbal and organ were inadvertently transposed; as otherwise the south side has stringed instruments, and the north side mostly wind instruments. Only the organ presents an instrument that would commonly have been heard in church in the early 16th century; the other instruments would have been more typically used to accompany secular songs and dances. All these instruments, however, might well have been heard accompanying mystery play performances in
2340-562: The Collyhurst sandstone, but also because of an ill-advised attempt to lighten the interior by coating the internal surfaces of the nave with Roman cement by John Palmer. The external stonework was replaced between 1850 and 1870 in a restoration by J. S. Crowther , who also replaced the internal stonework of the nave walls and arcades with exact reproductions of the originals. The west tower was heightened in 1868 by J.P. Holden, who also replaced its external stonework. Basil Champneys added
2430-476: The French throne. The college of priests was housed in new buildings on the site of the former manor house that survive as Chetham's Library paid for by de la Warre. He appointed John Huntingdon as the college's first warden who, between 1422 and 1458, rebuilt the eastern arm of the parish church to provide the collegiate choir . Huntington's monumental brass (much restored) is laid on the chancel floor. Huntington
2520-764: The Jesus Chapel in 1506. On the north side, William Radcliffe of Ordsall Hall endowed the Holy Trinity Chapel in the northwest corner in 1498. Huntington left money and land for the St James' Chapel which was built in 1507. The largest of the chantries, the St John the Baptist Chapel, was begun by James Stanley the Bishop of Ely in 1513. The attached funerary chapel for James Stanley, the Ely Chapel,
2610-551: The Paton Library), Common Room, Refectory, Medical Centre, Book Shop, Gymnasium and Swimming Pool. This is in addition to classrooms (subjects taught in this building are Art and Design, Mathematics, Economics, Classical Civilisation, Computing, Greek, History, Latin, Religion and Philosophy) and administrative offices. The main building also houses the Parker Art Hall which is a three-storey arts studio, situated in
2700-608: The Philsoc and Docsoc (science and medical societies respectively) magazines. The school's alumni are called "Old Mancunians", or informally Old Mancs , and include academics, politicians, mathematicians, sportsmen, such as former England cricket captain Mike Atherton , former Lancashire Captain, Mark Chilton , and former Lancashire and England batsman, John Crawley , several notable writers, such as Thomas de Quincey , playwright Robert Bolt , author Alan Garner , after whom
2790-640: The UK to adopt the International Mathematics GCSE. Soon afterwards, MGS also adopted the three Sciences and today it offers the IGCSE in most subjects. The main difference between IGCSE and GCSE is that the IGCSE does not have a compulsory coursework element, primarily because it would be too costly to moderate around the world. The maths and science departments decided that pupils were finding
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2880-590: The UK. All the Victorian stained glass was destroyed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940. Until the late 1960s, only two windows had been replaced, notably the Fire Window by Margaret Traherne (1966). The dean and chapter commissioned Tony Hollaway to prepare a scheme for reglazing the cathedral, with priority to the five western windows: St George (1973), St Denys (1976), St Mary (1980), The Creation (1991) and The Apocalypse (1995). To commemorate
2970-670: The Wardens and fellows of the Collegiate church maintained their legal right to a fee of 3s. 6d. for all marriages conducted within their parish; so, unless a couple were able and willing to pay two sets of marriage fees, the only place in Manchester where a marriage might legally be contracted was the collegiate church. In practice, this religious duty fell on the pastoral chaplain employed by the Warden and fellows; who from 1790 to 1821
3060-423: The bride kept place in the queue; but if there was one groom too few when a group of couples were lined up in front of the altar, Brookes notoriously would countenance no delay, but would continue the marriage with any passer-by (or even one of the other grooms) as a proxy stand-in. Brookes is commonly reckoned to have conducted more marriages, funerals and christenings than any English clergyman before or since. As
3150-478: The building was erected. On the ground floor there are the Language Labs, two suites of listening stations, mainly used to practise the listening parts of national exams. This building was originally the school's Sixth Form block, with construction beginning in 1935. The foundation stone was laid by The Queen on the occasion of her visit in 1965. By 1970 the shoddiness of the workmanship and materials used
3240-404: The bulk of funding was provided by government. Entry was by merit (based on examination) and parents were means-tested and fees paid primarily by local education authorities on a sliding scale. Fees paid by parents amounted to less than 20% of the total income. It reverted to independent status in 1976 after the Labour government – in the person of Education Secretary Shirley Williams – abolished
3330-405: The cathedral of the new Diocese of Manchester in 1847. It was extensively refaced, restored and extended in the Victorian period, and again following bomb damage during World War II . It is one of fifteen Grade I listed buildings in Manchester . The origins of Manchester's first churches are obscure. The Angel Stone , a small carving of an angel with a scroll, is preserved in the cathedral. It
3420-416: The cathedral's south porch costing £3 million was opened by Elizabeth II . It has a shop and an exhibition room. The main attraction is the 15th-century Hanging Bridge , a scheduled monument , that was once the main approach to the church but was buried for more than 100 years. In the course of the 19th century restorations of the interior, the cathedral was provided with an organ mounted over
3510-399: The chancel arcades and clerestory of the cathedral are attributed to John Wastell , the architect for the completion of Kings College Chapel, Cambridge . The choir stalls, carved at the workshop of William Brownflet of Ripon , are the finest of a series which includes the surviving stalls at Ripon Cathedral , Beverley Minster and Bridlington Priory . The carving of the misericord seats
3600-621: The collegiate church provided for an endowed choir of lay clerks and singing boys ; and these endowments were renewed when the college was refounded after the Reformation. However, although from the 17th century, there were two grammar schools close by - Manchester Grammar School and Chetham's Hospital School - there was, until the 20th century no provision for a choir school; dedicated choir school premises only being constructed by Percy Worthington in 1934. This school did not resume following war damage; so in 1969, when Chetham's School
3690-491: The commercial side at the expense of the classical side of the school. The area around the school continued to change. During the 1840s, Victoria Railway Station was completed opposite the school and the church became Manchester Cathedral . Then, in the 1870s, a new building, the Manchester Grammar Extension, was built, designed by Alfred Waterhouse , and including new classrooms, laboratories and
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3780-701: The coursework (which forms a fifth of the marks awarded in the national GCSE) undemanding and tedious and so made the switch in 2005. In 2009 the GCSE was replaced by the IGCSE in most subjects (see below). At the same time the school began to offer additional GCSEs in Electronics and Mandarin Chinese, as well as Economics at A Level. Subjects available at GCSE/IGCSE are: All the above subjects are available as Post-16 Qualifications (A-Level, International A-Level or Pre-U) as well as Politics and Economics. The school
3870-520: The direct-grant funding system. Bursaries continue to support the merit based recruitment system, by abating fees for less well-off pupils. When the Assisted Places Scheme was rescinded in the late 1990s, MGS set up a "Bursary Appeal". This has accumulated a value of over £17.5m and finances bursaries, given to boys whose parents are unable to afford the school fees (£12,930 per annum in 2019/20). Scholarships are not awarded. In 2015
3960-609: The first chancery , the St Nicholas Chancery. In 1311, the Grelley estate passed by marriage to the de la Warres . In 1349 the St Nicholas Chancery was endowed by the de Traffords . In 1382 Thomas de la Warre became its rector . The church had a six- bay aisled nave and six-bay chancel with aisles and a west tower in the perpendicular style of the late-medieval period. Thomas de la Warre became Baron de la Warre in 1398. A priest for more than 50 years, he
4050-772: The former Hill organ installed in 1871 Details of the former Harrison organ installed in 1952 Current Tickell 'Stoller' organ installed in 2016 over the pulpitum screen, from the National Pipe Organ Register Organist and Master of the Choristers: Christopher Stokes. Sub Organist: Geoffrey Woollatt. Notable previous organists include Edward Betts (d.1767), Joseph John Harris (1848–1869), Frederick Bridge (1869–75), Sydney Nicholson (1908–1919), Norman Cocker (1943–1954), Allan Wicks (1954–1962) and Gordon Stewart (1981–1992). The 1421 foundation statutes of
4140-621: The former was destroyed in the Second World War , the latter, renamed the Long Millgate Building, became a teacher training college in the 1950s. In 1969, Chetham's School of Music was founded and occupied what had been the orphanage. When the teacher training college closed in 1978, Chetham's took over the premises. After the Education Act 1944 , MGS became a direct grant grammar school , which meant that
4230-474: The foundation. But by 1931, state grants contributed nearly 30% of the total, and the number of pupils had increased to 1,100. In 1930 the school moved out of the city centre to accommodate a growing pupil body and provide a wider range of facilities. The new location chosen was in Rusholme , off Old Hall Lane, where the school still stands today. Both of the school's earlier buildings lay empty, and while
4320-621: The ground floor. The main computer room is on the first floor of the Marks building. Sieff Theatre is named after former pupil, Israel Sieff , is situated at the end of the Marks Building and was refurbished in 2006; it is used for lectures and assemblies, as well as being the venue to Muslim Friday prayers. The MGS Theatre has recently undergone extensive rebuilding, to provide a modern and comfortable auditorium, together with studios for rehearsals and drama teaching. The Drama Centre Campaign
4410-454: The head of a new piece of work, a practice continued into adult life by many as they committed a new undertaking into God's hands. This badge replaced the original one when the school colours changed from red, black and yellow to dark and light blue to reflect its connection with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . The Junior School badge, which depicts the face of an owl, was introduced to blazers and ties in 2008. The main building
4500-411: The introduction of three changes according to pupil Ernest Barker : a system of prefects to keep order, the singing of school songs conducted by John Farmer , and the wearing of school-caps and school-hats. By the early 20th century the school was increasingly receiving funding from the state. This was negligible in 1901, fees providing three quarters of the income, most of the remainder being from
4590-399: The medieval lady chapel and James Stanley's chantry chapel. All stained-glass windows were blown out, the organ-case over the pulpitum was destroyed, and the medieval choir stalls toppled inwards so as to meet one another. It took almost 20 years to complete the repairs, in the course of which the Lady Chapel was rebuilt to the designs of Hubert Worthington and the St John the Baptist Chapel
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#17327732073434680-574: The medieval pulpitum in an elaborate case designed by George Gilbert Scott . This instrument was destroyed in the Christmas Blitz of 1940, and was replaced in 1952 with an organ built into the north and south choir aisles. In 2016, this organ was itself replaced by an entirely new instrument, once again mounted over the pulpitum, and funded from the Stoller foundation. The new organ case and letterings were designed by Stephen Raw. Details of
4770-419: The music department is based. There is a music library in the basement as well as a dozen or so music practice rooms, each having a piano, used for private lessons. It contains a keyboard suite allowing first and second years to learn basic keyboard playing and a hall on the west side used primarily for orchestra rehearsals. The original part of the building where the practice rooms are now located had been used in
4860-403: The new Diocese of Manchester which came into effect in 1847. Initial proposals for a new cathedral to be built to the designs of R. C. Carpenter on Piccadilly Gardens were not proceeded with. The building was extensively renovated in 1882. During the Manchester Blitz in 1940, a German bomb exploded a few yards from the north-east corner, severely damaging the cathedral roofs and demolishing
4950-477: The parish of Crompton . He served a seven-year apprenticeship with Sir Charles Barry , the architect of the Houses of Parliament and Manchester Art Gallery . He returned to Oldham in 1847 and founded the architectural practice of A H Stott and Sons, and was known for his innovative structural engineering. His brother Joseph Stott started his career here before leaving to start his own practice. After his retirement,
5040-494: The pianist John Ogdon are Old Mancunians. Mathematician and Fields Medalist Sir Michael Atiyah was also educated at the school for two years. One of the first Indian poets of English language, Manmohan Ghose , is also an Old Mancunian. For full details of High Masters up to 1990 with biographical sketches see Bentley. The names and dates of High Masters are also listed in the entrance hall of MGS. Manchester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral , formally
5130-496: The population of Manchester increased further; so the numbers of christenings, weddings and funerals celebrated in the collegiate church also grew. In 1838, there were 5,164 christenings, 1,457 funerals, and 2,615 weddings. Under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 , the warden and fellows of the collegiate church were translated into a dean and canons in preparation for becoming the cathedral of
5220-488: The practice was renamed Stott and Sons . Three of his 9 children worked in the practice. Philip Sydney Stott (Sydney Stott) was the third son of A H Stott. He is regarded as Oldham's greatest architect. He established his own practice, P.S.Stott, in 1883. He was known as Sydney Stott until 1920, but adopted the title Sir Philip Stott on being made a baronet. He benefitted from the innovations made by his father and Edward Potts , another Oldham architect. His first mill design
5310-633: The predecessor parish church between the Rivers Irk and Irwell and an ancient watercourse crossed by the Hanging Bridge started in 1215 within the confines of the Baron's Court beside the manor house on the site of Manchester Castle . The lords of the manor were the Grelleys whose coat of arms is still associated with the cathedral. The Grelleys acted as stewards, building and endowing
5400-459: The proceeds of the mills which provided its funding and had a growing surplus on account. Its 'feoffees' (or governors) were mostly landed gentry from outside Manchester and they were heavily criticised for running the school to suit the needs of their offspring rather than as originally intended, the poor of Manchester. This led to a long running suit at the Court of Chancery, which eventually promoted
5490-486: The restoration of the cathedral following an IRA bomb in 1996, the Healing Window by Linda Walton was installed in 2004. The ten bells in the cathedral tower hung for change ringing were cast by Gillett & Johnston of Croydon in 1925. The tenor (largest) bell weighs 1.3 tonnes and the bells are tuned to the key of D. The bells are rung for church service on Sunday mornings and on special occasions including
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#17327732073435580-601: The school house for boys who needed instruction in English before they started Latin , and another master was employed to teach them. The 1515 building was replaced on the same site in 1776. This was on two levels, an Upper School for the Latin and Greek pupils, a Lower School for the English pupils. Boarding-houses were added and many of the Upper School pupils were boarders from surrounding counties. When De Quincy came as
5670-607: The school walked 500 miles to celebrate its 500 years anniversary. Boys and teachers were asked to raise money for the Bursary Appeal and walk a mile each. Over 240 pupils currently receive help from the fund. The school's motto is Sapere Aude ("Dare to be Wise"), which was also the motto of the council of the former County Borough of Oldham (now, with the same coat of arms, the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ), granted on 7 November 1894. Sapere aude
5760-521: The school's Junior Library is named, and journalist and broadcaster Martin Sixsmith . Other Old Mancunians are John Charles Polanyi (b. 1929) who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, chemist Michael Barber , actors Ben Kingsley and Robert Powell , historians Michael Wood and Victor Kiernan , popular science writer Brian Clegg , concert organist Daniel Moult , comic Chris Addison , and cryptographers Clifford Cocks , Peter Twinn and Malcolm J. Williamson . Theatre director Nicholas Hytner and
5850-404: The shield of the Borough of Oldham . There is possibly a second significance to the "dom" of which Hugh Oldham, as a bishop, would have been very well aware. D.O.M. was and is a standard abbreviation for Deo Optimo Maximo meaning "To God, the Best and the Greatest", a phrase of dedication often required to be written by schoolboys before the Reformation and in Roman Catholic education since, at
5940-404: The shops and beerhouses hardly take the trouble to exhibit a trifling degree of cleanliness ... [The Irk, immediately beside the school,] is a narrow, coal black, foul smelling stream full of debris and refuse. A commercial school, in parallel with the classical school, and more suited to Manchester's business climate, was established in the 1830s. By this time the school was getting richer on
6030-417: The son of James Stott. He set up a heating, ventilation, and catering equipment business that trades as Stotts of Oldham . Abraham Stott and Son, set up by Abraham Stott, a cousin of Abraham Henthorn Stott, was a cotton-spinning company operating Osborne mill. Abraham Stott had a reputation for fairness and was nicknamed 'Honest Abe'. He invested in a clipper ship that traded with the confederate forces during
6120-418: The south side of the main building. It is named after former High Master J. G. Parker. It includes a ceramics department with two kilns on the ground floor and also a dark room for photography. Since opening in 1931 the site at Fallowfield has seen many additions to the accommodation as indicated below. This is the school's language department, named after P. G. Mason, a former High Master, during whose tenure
6210-408: The street, and in popular religious processions. The cathedral has thirty 16th-century misericords , considered to be among the finest in Europe. They are similar in style to those at Ripon Cathedral and Beverley Minster . Although Manchester's are of a later date, they were probably carved by the same school at Ripon. One of the most notable is N-08, the earliest known depiction of backgammon in
6300-423: The structure so severely that most internal and external stonework had to be replaced in the later 19th century restorations in buff-grey Fletcher Bank Grit from Ramsbottom . The nave floors have, since the 1960s, been relaid in limestone from the Peak District which contains crinoid fossils . By the 1840s the external and internal stonework was in a poor state, partly due to the poor weathering qualities of
6390-424: The triple brick arch system of flooring. His mills are known for their proportions and the meticulous detail of their facades. Manor and Kent Mills in Chadderton are two good examples. Another two are the Pine Mill and the Elm Mill (Newby). Stott designed mills in Ramleh Egypt and Brazil. He was a donor to the British Conservative Party. He died in December 1936. Abraham Henthorn Stott was born on 25 April 1822 in
6480-401: The whole of Manchester (this is the ancient parish, including almost the whole area of the modern City of Manchester excepting Wythenshawe ), an area which in 1821 had a population of 187,031. Within this vast parish there were considerable numbers of chapels of ease and proprietary chapels for parochial worship – as well as other chapels for dissenters and Roman Catholics . Nevertheless,
6570-529: The world's first free public library was formed next door to MGS in what had been the church's living quarters. This was facilitated by a bequest from a wealthy businessman (and ex-pupil) Humphrey Chetham , which also served to create a bluecoat orphanage there, schooling 40 poor boys. By the 18th century, there are thought to have been between 50 and 100 boys in the grammar school at any one time, three or four of whom each year were awarded exhibitions to Oxford and Cambridge . An extra room had been built onto
6660-467: The years following the foundation of the collegiate body in 1421. Then at the end of the 15th century, James Stanley II (warden 1485–1506 and later Bishop of Ely 1506–1515) was responsible for rebuilding the nave and collegiate choir with high clerestory windows; also commissioning the late-medieval wooden internal furnishings, including the pulpitum , choir stalls and the nave roof supported by angels with gilded instruments. The collegiate church became
6750-540: Was a Conservative and a freemason, he was president of the Oldham Lyceum and played rugby for Oldham Football Club. He held several directorships in the cotton-spinning industry. He moved to Stanton Court , Gloucestershire (near Broadway, Worcestershire ), in 1913, where he became a Justice of the Peace and, in 1925, High Sheriff of Gloucester. He died in 1937. James was a younger brother of Abraham Henthorn Stott,
6840-577: Was appointed Bishop of Exeter in 1505. His great wealth came from his water-powered corn mills on the River Irk near Manchester, which were subsequently used to fund the school's endowment. On 2 July 1515 he signed an endowment trust deed establishing the Manchester Free Grammar School for Lancashire Boys. A site was purchased in September 1516 and construction took place between April 1517 and August 1518. The combined cost
6930-576: Was constructed along the north and south sides of the church creating a double aisle around the parochial nave, which is consequently much wider than it is long. Manchester is commonly claimed to have the widest nave of any cathedral in England. On the south side, the oldest of the chantry chapels , the St Nicholas Chapel, was rebuilt by the de Traffords in 1470. St George's Chapel was endowed by William Galley in 1503 and Richard Beswick endowed
7020-544: Was designed in 1929 by Francis Jones and Percy Worthington . In keeping with the style of Oxbridge, it features a quadrangle and a grandiose Memorial Hall. Entrance to the quad is by a tripartite arch under a clock tower cupola. There is also the Paton Library (named after J. L. Paton, a former High Master), MGS Archive Room (formerly the Alan Garner Junior Library, which has since become part of
7110-529: Was destroyed by Danish invaders in 923 and a church dedicated to St Mary , built by King Edward the Elder , possibly where St Mary's Gate joins Exchange Street, was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. The Domesday Book entry for Manchester reads "the Church of St Mary and the Church of St Michael hold one carucate of land in Manchester exempt from all customary dues except tax". Construction of
7200-553: Was destroyed by bombing in 1940. The brass from atop Stanley's tombchest was rescued from the wreckage, and remounted vertically against the rebuilt north wall of the Regiment Chapel. The western chapels are no longer demarcated, as the screens that divided them have been removed giving the appearance of double aisles on either side of the nave. Until 1850, the Collegiate Church remained the parish church for
7290-461: Was discovered in the wall of the cathedral's south porch providing evidence of an earlier, possibly Anglo-Saxon , church. It has been dated to around 700 AD, however the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon sculpture dates the sculpture to the twelfth century. Its Latin inscription translates as "into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit". The first church, possibly sited on or near the site of St Ann's Church ,
7380-602: Was for Chadderton Mill in 1885. Sydney designed 22 mills in Oldham and 55 elsewhere in Lancashire. His last design was the Maple No 2 in 1915. The mills accounted for 44% of the increase in the spinning capacity of the county between 1887 and 1925, and for 40% of the new spindles laid down in Oldham between 1887 and 1914. His mills accounted for 9 million spindles. He relied on the triple brick arches supported on steel beams favoured by George Stott, rather than concrete. Stott
7470-430: Was founded by Hugh Oldham in 1515 adjacent to Manchester Parish Church as a free grammar school and as the first school in Manchester. The school grounds slowly expanded for over 400 years until 1931, when the school successfully raised a sum to move its premises from a now over-crowded site in the centre of Manchester to its much larger present site at Rusholme . In accordance with its founder's wishes, MGS remains
7560-475: Was granted a licence from King Henry V and Pope Martin V to establish a collegiate church in Manchester in 1421. The college was established by royal charter, with a warden, eight fellows, four singing clerks and eight choristers. The parish church was dedicated to St Mary and to that dedication were added St George , the patron saint of England, and St Denys , the patron saint of France, perhaps reflecting de la Warre's French heritage, or Henry V's claim to
7650-719: Was refitted as the regimental chapel for the Manchester Regiment . The cathedral was again damaged in the IRA bombing in June 1996. The cathedral houses extensive parish and historical archives , dating back to 1421. In 2003, a project began to provide an exhaustive catalogue of the archive's contents to the public. The cathedral was granted Grade I listed building status in January 1952. Grade I structures are considered to be "buildings of exceptional interest". The cathedral
7740-488: Was revealed by the cracks which had already started appearing in the internal walls. It is joined to the main building on the ground floor by the Paton Library. Named after former pupil Simon Marks , son of Michael Marks, founder of the Marks & Spencer empire. It is just west of the main building, and was erected in 1958. Major extensions were made by addition of the first floor (after a gift of £50,000 from Lord Marks) and
7830-524: Was situated between Manchester Cathedral , then a collegiate church, and the church's domestic quarters, subsequently Chetham's School of Music . Later, Oldham's great friend Richard Foxe , the Bishop of Winchester , wished to found a monastery. Oldham, however, convinced him instead to found Corpus Christi College in Oxford and contributed 6000 marks. Oldham also had a hand in the founding of Brasenose College, Oxford . The original foundation provided
7920-461: Was the eccentric figure of the Revd. Joshua 'Jotty' Brookes . In 1821 a total of 1,924 marriages were solemnized in the collegiate church; commonly in batches of a score or more. The couples to be married were most often desperately poor but Brookes was no respecter of status, so all were subjected to his ' production line ' methods. Commonly, the groom and friends would decamp to a nearby ale-house while
8010-418: Was uncertain when Elizabeth I succeeded in 1559, but was assured when she granted a new charter in 1578, allowing a warden, four fellows, two chaplains, four singing men and four choristers. The dedication of the college (but not the church) was changed to the college of Christ . Manchester and Southwell Minster were the only two medieval collegiate foundations where daily choral worship was maintained after
8100-521: Was £218.13s.5d, largely given by Oldham, but with the help of his and the Bexwyke (Beswick) family who had provided an earlier endowment for a school within the parish church. A more elaborate deed in 1525 set the detailed rules for the school until the late 19th century. The original deed promoted "Godliness and good learning" and established that any boy showing sufficient academic ability, regardless of background, might attend, free of charge. The school
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