Old Library (Tewkesbury)
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library, interesting place
This building housed Tewkesbury Grammar School (founded in 1576)from 1902 until 1952, when it moved to Southwick Park.
The most famous old boy was Sir Raymond Priestley, born 1886. He studied at Bristol, Sydney and Cambridge Universities; went to the Antarctic as geologist to the Shackleton expedition 1907-9 and as a scientist in the Scott expedition of 1910-13. He served in France with the Royal Engineers during the 1st World War, becoming a major and gaining the M.C. He resumed an academic career, became Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University in Australia in 1934, then vice-chancellor of Birmingham University from 1938.
The most famous old boy was Sir Raymond Priestley, born 1886. He studied at Bristol, Sydney and Cambridge Universities; went to the Antarctic as geologist to the Shackleton expedition 1907-9 and as a scientist in the Scott expedition of 1910-13. He served in France with the Royal Engineers during the 1st World War, becoming a major and gaining the M.C. He resumed an academic career, became Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University in Australia in 1934, then vice-chancellor of Birmingham University from 1938.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°59'25"N 2°9'44"W
- Cleeve Hill 11 km
- Worcester 28 km
- Bourton-on-the-Water 29 km
- Severn Bore, West England 29 km
- Droitwich Spa 33 km
- Brockhampton Estate 33 km
- Coppett Hill 35 km
- Charlecote Park 44 km
- Bittell Reservoirs 45 km
- Croft Castle 56 km
- Tewkesbury Ham 0.4 km
- Prior's Park 0.8 km
- The Wheatpieces 1.6 km
- Chapel Farm 1.9 km
- Northway 3.6 km
- Hardwicke 5.4 km
- Brockeridge Common 5.7 km
- RAF Stoke Orchard 6.6 km
- Longdon Marsh 6.7 km
- Hasfield 8 km