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May 19, 2024 · This was the first beginning of Westminster School." When he remodelled the Abbey and made it into a bishop's see, Henry VIII. added to the foundation two masters to teach forty grammar scholars. In the reign of Edward VI. we find one of the Reformers—Alexander Nowell—taking an active part in the instruction of the youths in "the new ...
5 days ago · Desert Island Discs, 24 October 2010 [1] Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British media executive and former politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 ...
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3 days ago · The origin of the name of Westminster is clear to the veriest child in such matters. The city must have taken its name from the noble Abbey Church of St. Peter's, the "Minster" in the "West," as doubtless it was called by the citizens of London in the days when London ended at the gate of "Lud," or, at the farthest, at Temple Bar.
1 day ago · The works were commenced in May, 1811. The first stone of the abutment on the Surrey side was laid in September, 1813, by Prince Charles of Brunswick, eldest son of the Duke of Brunswick, the same who fell soon afterwards on the field of Waterloo. The bridge was finished in August, 1816.
19 hours ago · The Westminster Town Hall Forum is a lecture series focused on issues of the day from an ethical perspective. ... It tells the story of how the election of the nation’s first Black president ...
3 hours ago · Maurie D. McInnis, a cultural historian, will be the first woman to serve as the school’s permanent president. Listen to this article · 5:04 min Learn more Share full article
1 day ago · We’re not up here making PFAS,” said Bill Page Jr., president of Mass Natural. Page runs the 244-acre family farm. Mass Natural recycles organic waste to make topsoil.
