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== Timeline ==
== 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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!Building
!Building
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1568
|valign="top" | 1567/8
|[[Big School]]
|[[Big School]]
|-
|valign="top" | 1827
|[[Number One South End]]* (no longer used by the school)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1850  
|valign="top" | 1850  
|North end classroom of [[Big School]]
|[[Big School#19th Century|North end lobby of Big School]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1856
|valign="top" | 1856
|South end classroom of [[Big School]]
|[[Big School#19th Century|South end classroom of Big School]]
|-
|valign="top" | 1866
|[[Big School#19th Century|North end classroom of Big School]]
|-
|valign="top" | 1871
|Number One South End extended to accommodate more boarders<br />[[Fives Court#First Fives Court|First Fives Court]]* (demolished in 1904)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1904
|valign="top" | 1904
|[[Science Blocks#First Science Block|First science block]]
|[[Science Blocks#First Science Block|First science block]]<br />[[Fives Court#Second Fives Court|Second Fives Court]]* (demolished around 2000)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1926  
|valign="top" | 1926  
|[[Main Quadrangle Block]]
|[[Quadrangle|Main Quadrangle Block]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | Late 1940s
|valign="top" | 1938
|[[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]] (demolished 1984)
|[[Sports Field]]
|-
|valign="top" | 1939
|[[Air Raid Shelters]]* (demolished in 1958 and 1968)
|-
|valign="top" | 1949
|[[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]]* (demolished in 1984)
|-
|valign="top" | 1953
|[[Ormiston House, 27 Rowley Road]]* (sold in 1980)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1958
|valign="top" | 1958
|[[Assembly Hall]]<br />[[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second science block]] (demolished 2002)
|[[Assembly Hall]]<br />[[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second science block]]* (demolished in 2002)
|-
|valign="top" | 1960
|[[Pavilion]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1960
|valign="top" | 1960
|[[Staff Room]]
|[[Pavilion]]<br/>[[Staff Room]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1965
|valign="top" | 1965
|[[Swimming pool]] (used until 1981)
|[[Swimming pool]]* (in use until 1981)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1966
|valign="top" | 1966
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|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1968
|valign="top" | 1968
|[[Mobiles]]
|[[Mobiles]]* (all removed by 2003)
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1977
|valign="top" | 1976
|[[Sports Hall]]
|[[Sports Hall]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1984
|valign="top" | 1984
|[[Dining Halls#Second Dining Hall Block|Second Dining Hall]]
|[[Dining Halls#Second Dining Hall|Second Dining Hall]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1985
|valign="top" | 1985
|[[Design and Technology Block]]
|[[Design and Technology Block]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | Late 1980s
|valign="top" | 1988
|[[Link Block]]
|[[Link Block]]
|-
|-
|valign="top" | 1992
|valign="top" | 1993
|[[Sixth Form Block]]
|[[Sixth Form Block]]
|-
|-
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|-
|}
|}
== Aerial views and plans ==
<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:1930-2.jpg| 1930 (including the land which would become the [[Sports Field]] in 1938)
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: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:1999Google.jpg|1999 ( (c) 2020 Google, Infoterra & Bluesky )
File:BGS map - late 2010s.JPG|Late 2010s
File:2020Google.jpg|2020 ( (c) Google, CNES, Airbus, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd and Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Map data (c)2020 )
</gallery>
== 2019 aerial flyover ==
<youtube>mfEF1mKrFNM</youtube>
== 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.
<gallery>
File:1567.png|1567
File:1590.png|1590
File:1827.png|1827
File:1850.png|1850
File:1856.png|1856
File:1866.png|1866
File:1871.png|1871
File:1904.png|1904
File:1926.png|1926
File:1939plan.png|c1939
File:1940s.png|1949
File:1958.png|1958
File:1960.png|1960
File:1965.png|1965
File:1966.png|1966
File:1968.png|1968
File:1975.png|1975
File:1977.png|1977
File:1979.png|1979
File:1980.png|1980
File:1984.png|1984
File:1985.png|1985
File:1988.png|1988
File:1993.png|1993
File:1997.png|1997
File:2002.png|2002
File:2003.png|2003
File:2007.png|2007
</gallery>
Key:<br/>
6B - [[Sixth Form Block]]<br/>
AH - [[Assembly Hall]]<br/>
AM - [[Art and Music Block]]<br/>
AR - [[Air Raid Shelters]]<br/>
BS - [[Big School]]<br/>
D1 - [[Dining Halls#First Dining Hall Block|First Dining Hall]]<br/>
D2 - [[Dining Halls#Second Dining Hall Block|Second Dining Hall]]<br/>
DT - [[Design and Technology Block]]<br/>
F1 - [[Fives Court#First Fives Court|First Fives Court]] (approximate location)<br/>
F2 - [[Fives Court#Second Fives Court|Second Fives Court]]<br/>
JC - [[Junior Common Room]] (JCR)<br/>
LB - [[Link Block]]<br/>
MO - [[Mobiles]]<br/>
MY - [[Mart Yard]]<br/>
NC - Lobby and later [[Big School#19th Century|North end classroom of Big School]]<br/>
PV - [[Pavilion]]<br/>
Q  - [[Quadrangle]]<br/>
S1 - [[Science Blocks#First Science Block|First science block]]<br/>
S2 - [[Science Blocks#Second Science Block|Second science block]]<br/>
S3 - [[Science Blocks#Third Science Block|Third science block]]<br/>
SC - [[Big School#19th Century|South end classroom of Big School]]<br/>
SE - [[Number One South End]]<br/>
SH - [[Sports Hall]]<br/>
SP - [[Swimming pool]]<br/>
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: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

  • 1888 OS map showing Goodbarns Yard, the location of BGS 1555-1567

    1888 OS map showing Goodbarns Yard, the location of BGS 1555-1567

  • 1888

    1888

  • 1930

    1930

  • 1930 (including the land which would become the Sports Field in 1938)

    1930 (including the land which would become the Sports Field in 1938)

  • 1930s

    1930s

  • Circa 1957. Note the second science block and Assembly Hall under construction.

    Circa 1957. Note the second science block and Assembly Hall under construction.

  • 1966

    1966

  • Early 1970s

    Early 1970s

  • 1976 hand-drawn room map. Rooms A, L, V, W, X, Y and Z were mobile classrooms

    1976 hand-drawn room map. Rooms A, L, V, W, X, Y and Z were mobile classrooms

  • Plans for future development in 1983 (prepared by architect Keith Stevens)

    Plans for future development in 1983 (prepared by architect Keith Stevens)

  • 1999 ( (c) 2020 Google, Infoterra & Bluesky )

    1999 ( (c) 2020 Google, Infoterra & Bluesky )

  • Late 2010s

    Late 2010s

  • 2020 ( (c) Google, CNES, Airbus, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd and Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Map data (c)2020 )

    2020 ( (c) Google, CNES, Airbus, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd and Bluesky, Maxar Technologies, Map data (c)2020 )

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.

  • 1567

    1567

  • 1590

    1590

  • 1827

    1827

  • 1850

    1850

  • 1856

    1856

  • 1866

    1866

  • 1871

    1871

  • 1904

    1904

  • 1926

    1926

  • c1939

    c1939

  • 1949

    1949

  • 1958

    1958

  • 1960

    1960

  • 1965

    1965

  • 1966

    1966

  • 1968

    1968

  • 1975

    1975

  • 1977

    1977

  • 1979

    1979

  • 1980

    1980

  • 1984

    1984

  • 1985

    1985

  • 1988

    1988

  • 1993

    1993

  • 1997

    1997

  • 2002

    2002

  • 2003

    2003

  • 2007

    2007

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

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