Leaden Hall School, Salisbury
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Leaden Hall was originally built by Elias of Dereham and the canonry was an example to other members of the chapter as to how their houses should be built in the Close. Little is left of the medieval building now but this has been home to Henry Chicheley, later Archbishop of Canterbury, Gilbert Kymer, physician to Henry IV, and Archdeacon John Fisher, with whom the painter John Constable used to stay.
By 1953 Leaden Hall School was situated here and by 1955 there were 96 boarding and day boys and girls, aged from 3 to 12 years. By 1973 the school was taking boys from the ages of 4 to 8 and girls from the ages of 4 to 12 years. Now the school takes girls from the ages of 3 to 11 years, preparing them for Common Entrance and County 11+ examinations. In 2003 there are 261 girls, made up of 221 day pupils and 40 boarders.
By 1953 Leaden Hall School was situated here and by 1955 there were 96 boarding and day boys and girls, aged from 3 to 12 years. By 1973 the school was taking boys from the ages of 4 to 8 and girls from the ages of 4 to 12 years. Now the school takes girls from the ages of 3 to 11 years, preparing them for Common Entrance and County 11+ examinations. In 2003 there are 261 girls, made up of 221 day pupils and 40 boarders.