Rossall School Archive

Rossall School was founded in 1844 by Rev. St Vincent Beechey. Its establishment was 'to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class.' Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood agreed to lease his ancestral home of Rossall Hall to the school. The Northern Church of England Boarding School, renamed Rossall College under the reign of its first Headmaster Dr John Woolley, opened on 22 August 1844 with 70 boys enrolled. Rossall School was granted a Royal Charter on 21 October 1890. Rossall was considered to be in top 30 public schools in the UK by the end of Queen Victoria's reign it enjoyed a reputation as 'The Eton of the North'

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ARCHON code: 3434

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