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The following table sets out the years that constituent school buildings were opened. An asterisk (*) denotes a building that has either been demolished, or which is no longer used by the school.
== Key dates ==
The following table sets out the years in which constituent school buildings were opened. An asterisk (*) denotes a building that has either been demolished, or which is no longer used by the school.


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|valign="top" | 1871
|valign="top" | 1871
|Number One South End extended to accommodate boarders<br />[[Fives Court#First Fives Court|First Fives Court]]* (demolished in 1904)
|Number One South End extended to accommodate more boarders<br />[[Fives Court#First Fives Court|First Fives Court]]* (demolished in 1904)
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|valign="top" | 1904
|valign="top" | 1904
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|valign="top" | 1939  
|valign="top" | 1939  
|[[Air Raid Shelters]]* (demolished in 1968)
|[[Air Raid Shelters]]* (demolished in 1958 and 1968)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | Late 1940s
|valign="top" | 1949
|[[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]]* (demolished in 1984)
|[[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]]* (demolished in 1984)
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|[[Mobiles]]* (all removed by 2003)
|[[Mobiles]]* (all removed by 2003)
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|valign="top" | 1977
|valign="top" | 1976
|[[Sports Hall]]
|[[Sports Hall]]
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<gallery>
<gallery>
File:1888GoodbarnesYard.jpg|1888 OS map showing Goodbarns Yard, the location of BGS 1555-1567
File:1888OSMap.jpg|1888
File:1930-1.jpg|1930
File:1930-1.jpg|1930
File:1930-2.jpg| 1930 (including the land which would become the [[Sports Field]] in 1938)
File:1930-2.jpg| 1930 (including the land which would become the [[Sports Field]] in 1938)
File:Aerial1.jpg|1930s
File:Aerial1.jpg|1930s
File:Aerial_view_1957.jpg|Circa 1957. Note the [[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|second science block]] and [[Assembly Hall]] under construction.
File:1966aerial.jpg|1966
File:1966aerial.jpg|1966
File:AerialBGS.jpg|Early 1970s
File:AerialBGS.jpg|Early 1970s
File:1976_room_map.jpg|1976 hand-drawn room map. Rooms A, L, V, W, X, Y and Z were [[Mobiles|mobile classrooms]]
File:1983plan.jpg|Plans for future development in 1983 (prepared by architect [[Keith Stevens]])
File:1983plan.jpg|Plans for future development in 1983 (prepared by architect [[Keith Stevens]])
File:1999Google.jpg|1999 ( (c) 2020 Google, Infoterra & Bluesky )
File:1999Google.jpg|1999 ( (c) 2020 Google, Infoterra & Bluesky )
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File:2020Google.jpg|2020 ( (c) Google, CNES, Airbus, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd and Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Map data (c)2020 )
File:2020Google.jpg|2020 ( (c) Google, CNES, Airbus, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd and Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Map data (c)2020 )
</gallery>
</gallery>
== 2019 aerial flyover ==
<youtube>mfEF1mKrFNM</youtube>


== Approximate plans of the school through history ==
== Approximate plans of the school through history ==
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File:1926.png|1926
File:1926.png|1926
File:1939plan.png|c1939
File:1939plan.png|c1939
File:1940s.png|Late 1940s
File:1940s.png|1949
File:1958.png|1958
File:1958.png|1958
File:1960.png|1960
File:1960.png|1960
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SP - [[Swimming pool]]<br/>
SP - [[Swimming pool]]<br/>
SR - [[Staff Room]]
SR - [[Staff Room]]
==See Also==
*[[:Timeline of BGS history]]
*[[:Boston Grammar School - A Short History]]


[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:BGS History]]
[[Category:BGS History]]
[[Category:Recommended starting places]]
[[Category:Recommended starting places]]
[[Category:See Also]]
[[Category:Chronology]]
[[Category:Photo pages]]

Latest revision as of 16:49, 21 May 2022

Key dates

The following table sets out the years in which constituent school buildings were opened. An asterisk (*) denotes a building that has either been demolished, or which is no longer used by the school.

Year of opening Building
1567/8 Big School
1827 Number One South End* (no longer used by the school)
1850 North end lobby of Big School
1856 South end classroom of Big School
1866 North end classroom of Big School
1871 Number One South End extended to accommodate more boarders
First Fives Court* (demolished in 1904)
1904 First science block
Second Fives Court* (demolished around 2000)
1926 Main Quadrangle Block
1938 Sports Field
1939 Air Raid Shelters* (demolished in 1958 and 1968)
1949 First Dining Hall* (demolished in 1984)
1953 Ormiston House, 27 Rowley Road* (sold in 1980)
1958 Assembly Hall
Second science block* (demolished in 2002)
1960 Pavilion
Staff Room
1965 Swimming pool* (in use until 1981)
1966 Junior Common Room
1968 Mobiles* (all removed by 2003)
1976 Sports Hall
1984 Second Dining Hall
1985 Design and Technology Block
1988 Link Block
1993 Sixth Form Block
1997 Art and Music Block
2002 Third science block

Aerial views and plans

2019 aerial flyover


Approximate plans of the school through history

Road names are included for the purpose of recognition and may not have remained unchanged throughout the history of the school.

Key:
6B - Sixth Form Block
AH - Assembly Hall
AM - Art and Music Block
AR - Air Raid Shelters
BS - Big School
D1 - First Dining Hall
D2 - Second Dining Hall
DT - Design and Technology Block
F1 - First Fives Court (approximate location)
F2 - Second Fives Court
JC - Junior Common Room (JCR)
LB - Link Block
MO - Mobiles
MY - Mart Yard
NC - Lobby and later North end classroom of Big School
PV - Pavilion
Q - Quadrangle
S1 - First science block
S2 - Second science block
S3 - Third science block
SC - South end classroom of Big School
SE - Number One South End
SH - Sports Hall
SP - Swimming pool
SR - Staff Room

See Also