Scorer Local Knowledge

This prize is named after William Scorer (1843 - 1934), a BGS alumnus who attended the school during the 1850s. He later attended the Lincoln School of Art and became a qualified architect. In 1901 he co-founded an architectural practice called Scorer and Gamble, which would later design the school Quadrangle.

According to The Times of 23 April 1934 "Mr William Scorer, ARIBA, of Richmond, Surrey, who died on January 22, aged 90, left estate of the gross value of £15,129, with net personalty £14,768. He left :- ... £100 to Boston Grammar School, for a prize or prizes for the study of Lincolnshire English History".

Until the mid-1960s, the prize was usually referred to as the 'Scorer Prize'.

Year	Winner
1948	Not awarded
1949	Not awarded
1950	Peter Edward Luff / A Heath / J P Sargeant
1951	G W Cross / D W Smith / B Butler
1952	Senior: Peter Edward Luff Middle: R H Hawkins Junior: A F Budge / R Stanwell
1953	D W Smith / Colin I Pordham / R Stanwell
1954	D W Smith / K Gould / T Brant / T Gledhill
1955	Colin I Pordham / V Hancock / T D Gledhill
1956	Colin I Pordham / V Hancock / T D Gledhill / D Coates
1957	Colin I Pordham / T D Gledhill / M H Gledhill
1958	D R Brown / A J Gillingham / G C Marshall
1959	D J Grace / Roger J Smith / R Stanwell
1960	A J Gillingham / Michael Thacker / Roger J Smith
1961	Michael Thacker / Roger J Smith / Andrew C Burgess
1962	Roger J Smith / B R B Jackson / R R B White
1963	T Ransom / Andrew C Burgess / P R Betts
1964	Andrew C Burgess / Roger J Smith / C R Pickwell / D P Coyne
1965	Andrew C Burgess / P R Betts / P Simpson
1966	R W Brummitt / J H Goodman / D P Baines
1967	R Neish / M V R Stainer / P Simpson
1968	Not awarded
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1975	Not awarded
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1983	S Bestwick / A R Rowley / R J West / S Wilkinson
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2003	Alex Dunmore / Carl Manning / Scott Walden

See Also

• Speech Day 1952
• Speech Day 1956
• Timeline of Prizes