Amersham Hall

Amersham Hall was a "school for the sons of dignified gentlemen" in England. From 1829 to 1861 it was located in Elmodesham House in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, relocating in 1861 to Caversham in Oxfordshire. The Caversham site, a suburb in the north of Reading and now in Berkshire, currently houses Queen Anne's School.

The Reverend Ebenezer West, principal of Amersham Hall, funded most of the construction of the West Memorial Hall in Caversham, as well as the Caversham Baptist Free Church a decade later. The memorial hall was extended in 1911 "...to find rooms for wholesome recreation and moral improvement for the young men of Caversham, and to increase the space available for religious teaching on Sundays in connection with the Caversham Free Church, of which the late Mr Ebenezer West was so generous a supporter."^[1]

Notable alumni

Augustine Birrell (1850–1933), author and politician
Virgoe Buckland (1825–1883), surveyor (son of William Thomas Buckland)
Sir Alfred Pearce Gould (1852-1922), Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of London (1912-16), Vice-Chancellor of the university (1916-17)
John Neville Keynes (1852–1949), economist

References

↑ Malpas, John. Caversham Names. Reading: John Malpas, 1995, pp.33–34.

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Schools in Berkshire, England¹

Primary	Caversham Primary School Downsway Primary School Langley Hall Primary Academy Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Redlands Primary School Wescott School Westende Junior School

Middle	Dedworth Middle School Trevelyan Middle School

Secondary (non-selective)	Altwood CE School Baylis Court School Beechwood School Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School The Brakenhale School The Bulmershe School Charters School Churchmead School Cox Green School Denefield School Desborough School The Downs School Easthampstead Park School Edgbarrow School The Emmbrook School The Forest School Furze Platt Senior School Garth Hill College Highdown School The Holt School John Madejski Academy John O'Gaunt School Kennet School The Langley Academy Little Heath School Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Maiden Erlegh School Newlands Girls' School Park House School The Piggott School Prospect School Ranelagh School Reading Girls' School St Bartholomew's School St Crispin's School St Joseph's Catholic High School Sandhurst School Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Theale Green Community School Trinity School UTC Reading Waingels College Westgate School Wexham School The Willink School Windsor Girls' School The Windsor Boys' School

Grammar	Herschel Grammar School Kendrick School Langley Grammar School Reading School St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Upton Court Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)	Crosfields School Dolphin School Eagle House School Elstree School Harriet House School Lambrook Licensed Victuallers' School Ludgrove School Marist Preparatory School Newbold School Papplewick School St Andrew's School St George's School, Windsor Castle St Piran's Sunningdale School

Independent (senior)	The Abbey School Bearwood College Bradfield College Brigidine School Claires Court School Downe House School Eton College Heathfield School Hemdean House School Hurst Lodge School Leighton Park School Licensed Victuallers' School Long Close School Luckley House School Marist Senior School Padworth College Pangbourne College Queen Anne's School Reading Blue Coat School Redroofs Theatre School St Gabriel's School St. George's School St Joseph's College St Mary's School Wellington College

Special	Manor Green School Mary Hare School Phoenix College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Beaumont College Douai School Elvian School Heatherdown School The Highlands School Imperial Service College Ryeish Green School Stubbington House School Wixenford School

¹includes schools in Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead and Wokingham.

Schools in Buckinghamshire

Primary	Hawridge and Cholesbury CofE School St Michael's Catholic School

Non-selective secondary	Amersham School The Aylesbury Vale Academy The Beaconsfield School Bourne End Academy Buckingham School Buckinghamshire UTC Chalfonts Community College Chiltern Hills Academy The Cottesloe School Cressex Community School The E-ACT Burnham Park Academy The Grange School Great Marlow School Highcrest Academy Holmer Green Senior School John Colet School Mandeville School The Misbourne School Princes Risborough School St Michael's Catholic School Sir Thomas Fremantle School Sir William Ramsay School Waddesdon Church of England School

Grammar	Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury High School Beaconsfield High School Burnham Grammar School Chesham Grammar School Dr Challoner's Grammar School Dr Challoner's High School John Hampden Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal Latin School Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Wycombe High School

Independent	Akeley Wood School Pipers Corner School Stowe School Teikyo School Wycombe Abbey

Special	Alfriston School Chiltern Way Federation Furze Down School MacIntyre School The PACE Centre Pebble Brook School Stocklake Park Community School

Further education	Aylesbury College Amersham & Wycombe College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Lady Verney High School London Central Elementary High School

Coordinates: 51°40′00″N 0°37′07″W / 51.6666°N 0.6186°W / 51.6666; -0.6186

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