| Revision as of 23:12, 21 March 2007 edit82.12.186.45 (talk) →Some Famous Old Chigwellians← Previous edit | Revision as of 14:59, 25 March 2007 edit undoDans345 (talk | contribs)8 edits →External linksNext edit → | ||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
| {{UK-school-stub}} | {{UK-school-stub}} | ||
| Bernard Matthews, the Turkey entrpreneur, if you complain, you'll have to eat it raw! | |||
Revision as of 14:59, 25 March 2007
Chigwell School is an English public school in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It was founded by Samuel Harsnett in 1629. There are around 730 pupils, aged between 7 and 18 years.
The school motto is aut viam inveniam aut faciam, a Latin phrase which translates literally as Either I shall find a way or I shall make one, but is usually rendered as Find a way or make a way.
There are four day houses, named Caswalls', Lambourne, Penn's, and Swallow's. The boarding houses are Grange Court, Sandon Lodge, and Hainault House.
Some Famous Old Chigwellians
- Ken Campbell, Actor.
- Tim Collins, Conservative politician.
- Sir Arthur Grimble, Colonial governor.
- Austin Bradford Hill, Medical statistician and epidemiologist.
- Sir Ian Holm, Actor.
- Eric Cantona Ex Professional Footballer
- Michael Marshall Smith, Novelist.
- William Penn, Founder of the American state of Pennsylvania.
- Ben Shephard, Television presenter.
- Horace Smith, Nineteenth-century poet.
- Prof. Sir Bernard Williams, philosopher.
- Captain Bird's Eye, legend who makes damn good fish fingers
External links
 | This United Kingdom school or sixth form college related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
Bernard Matthews, the Turkey entrpreneur, if you complain, you'll have to eat it raw!
Categories: