Mart Yard

The yard or playground of Boston Grammar School is called the Mart Yard, after the annual Beast Mart which used to take place on it. Today that original use of the yard is commemorated by an annual ceremony on or around 10 December in which the Mayor asks the headmaster to grant the students a half-day holiday.

No soldiers

The editorial in the 1941 issue of The Bostonian notes that "The playground now echoes to the sound of the A.T.C. at drill. We notice wit interest that, according to an order of the year 1773, no soldiers are allowed "to exercise in the Mart Yard".

See Also

• CCF Annual Inspection 1975
• Dining Halls
• Fives Court
• Hubert Alvanley Jones
• John Banks
• Number One South End
• Science Blocks
• Sixth Form Block
• The History and Antiquities of Boston
• Timeline of Buildings