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Hill Brow Preparatory School for Boys was a small English preparatory school, initially based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, but subsequently relocated to Brent Knoll in Somerset as part of the evacuation of civilians that took place during World War II.
Hillbrow School was an English boys' preparatory school established in 1859 in the Midland town of Rugby. The founder was John William Joseph Vecquerary, a Prussian by birth, who had been recently recruited as a modern languages master at Rugby School, to which it was a feeder school, although he remained in post at Rugby. [1]
- Origins
- A Purpose-Built School
- 1881 Census
Hillbrow Preparatory School had its origins in 1859 when John William Joseph Vecqueray, a Prussian gentleman born in Aachen (also known as Aix-la-Chapelle) in 1826, took up the post of Modern Languages Master at Rugby School. According to the 1861 census he was married to an English woman from Kent, Mary Ann, by whom he had at least five children. ...
In 1867 Vecqueray moved to Barby Road, and in 1868 the name Hillbrow is first used. In 1870 he built a very substantial purpose-built school where Kilbracken House now stands (not the same building). I suspect that Rugby School helped finance this, and they may also have provided the land. But I’ve not yet been able to find any records to substanti...
The 1881 census shows the address, for the first time, as Hillbrow Preparatory School, Rugby. Vecqueray is now a widower, living with two of his daughters, three assistant masters, 32 boys and seven servants. In 1889 Vecqueray remarried, and this was the occasion for him to retire as headmaster, though he continued on the staff of Rugby School, and...
A transfer to Overslade. In January 1917 Burdett transferred the school to Overslade, a building which had up until then been used by other preparatory schools, as well as by a couple of private owners, since its construction in the 1850s.
7. Jan. 2016 · The German school existed until 1914 after which it was taken over by the government. In 1915 it was renamed Hospital Hill School (presumably due to the anti-German sentiment at the time) and became an English school. The Andre Huguenot Theatre now stands where the school stood.
Held by: Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre, not available at The National Archives. Former reference in its original department: RCB/Ph/33. Language: English. Physical...
7. Juni 2022 · The Roads to Hillbrow explores the diverse experiences of domestic and transnational migrants who have made their way to this South African community following war, economic dislocation, and the social trauma of apartheid. Authors Ron Nerio and Jean Halley weave sociology, history, memoir, and queer studies with stories drawn from ...
