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Wells Cathedral School

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Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent school located in Wells, Somerset, England. [1]

53 relations: Archdeacon of Wells, BBC, Boarding house, Bruce Parry, Cathedral school, Cedars Hall, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chetham's School of Music, Christ's Hospital, Church of England, Countertenor, Danny Nightingale, David Buckley, David Poore, Elizabeth II, English Heritage, Escala (group), Frederick Keel, George Bull, Glastonbury Festival, Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, Iestyn Davies, Independent school (United Kingdom), Independent Schools Council, James Turle, James William Webb-Jones, John Davies (priest), Kris Marshall, List of oldest schools, Listed building, Malcolm Nash, Michael Eavis, Mulberry (company), Office of Fair Trading, Peter Stanley Lyons, Philip Dukes, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Richard Jacques, Roger Saul, Silver jubilee, Somerset, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, St Mary's Music School, Stephen Barton, Student, The Purcell School for Young Musicians, The Shires (duo), The Times, Vicars' Close, Wells, Viola, ..., Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, Yehudi Menuhin School. Expand index (3 more) »

Archdeacon of Wells

The Archdeacon of Wells is a senior clergy position in the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Boarding house

A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years.

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Bruce Parry

Bruce Parry (born 17 March 1969, in Hythe, Hampshire, England) is an award-winning documentarian, indigenous rights advocate, author, explorer, trek leader and former Royal Marines commando officer.

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Cathedral school

Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities.

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Cedars Hall

Cedars Hall is Wells Cathedral School's performing arts venue located in Wells, Somerset, England.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Chetham's School of Music

Chetham's School of Music (pronounced with a long "e",, although sometimes known familiarly as "Chets", /ˈtʃɛtz/) is an independent co-educational boarding specialist music school in Manchester in North West England.

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Christ's Hospital

Christ's Hospital, known colloquially as the Bluecoat School, is an English co-educational independent day and boarding school located in Southwater, south of Horsham in West Sussex.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Countertenor

A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a specific kind of countertenor) may match the soprano's range of around C4 to C6.

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Danny Nightingale

Robert Daniel "Danny" Nightingale (born 21 May 1954) is a British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.

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David Buckley

David Buckley (born 7 June 1976) is a British composer of film and television scores based in Los Angeles, California.

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David Poore

David Poore (born 2 December 1966) is a British independent musician, who has composed and produced music for over 200 films by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Disney, PBS, National Geographic, RTÉ and other broadcasters.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Escala (group)

Escala (formerly known as Scala) is an electronic string quartet, from London, England who rose to fame when they performed on and reached the final of the second series of Britain's Got Talent on ITV1 in May 2008.

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Frederick Keel

James Frederick Keel (8 May 18719 August 1954) was an English composer of art songs, baritone singer and academic.

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George Bull

George Bull (25 March 1634 – 17 February 1710) was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.

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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is an association of the headmasters or headmistresses of 283 independent schools (both boarding schools and day schools) in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland.

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Iestyn Davies

Iestyn Davies, (born 16 September 1979) is a British classical countertenor.

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Independent school (United Kingdom)

In the United Kingdom, independent schools (also private schools) are fee-paying private schools, governed by an elected board of governors and independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools.

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Independent Schools Council

The Independent Schools Council (ISC) is a non-profit organisation that represents over 1,300 schools in the United Kingdom's independent education sector.

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James Turle

James Turle (5 March 1802 – 28 June 1882) was an English organist and composer, best known today as the writer of several widely-sung Anglican chants and the hymn tune "Westminster" sung to the words of Frederick William Faber "My God, how wonderful thou art".

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James William Webb-Jones

James William Webb-Jones (1904–1965) was an eminent English choral conductor, educator, and cricketer.

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John Davies (priest)

John Harverd Davies, DL (born 29 November 1957) is a British Anglican priest and academic.

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Kris Marshall

Kristopher Marshall (born 11 April 1973) is an English actor.

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List of oldest schools

This is a list of extant schools, excluding universities and higher education establishments, that have been in continuous operation since founded.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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Malcolm Nash

Malcolm Nash (born 9 May 1945) is a Welsh cricket coach and former first-class cricketer.

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Michael Eavis

Michael Eavis CBE (born Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis; 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer and the creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.

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Mulberry (company)

Mulberry is a luxury fashion company founded in the United Kingdom in 1971, known internationally for its leather goods.

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Office of Fair Trading

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator.

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Peter Stanley Lyons

Peter Stanley Lyons (6 December 1927 – 28 November 2006) was an eminent English chorister, choral conductor, and cricketer.

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Philip Dukes

Philip Dukes (born 1968 in Birmingham) is a British classical viola soloist.

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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

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Richard Jacques

Richard Adrian Jacques (born 2 April 1973) is a British multi-award winning composer of film, television and video game music.

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Roger Saul

Roger John Saul (born July 1950) is a British businessman, the founder of the Mulberry fashion label.

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Silver jubilee

Silver jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Sophie, Countess of Wessex

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, (born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones; 20 January 1965), is the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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St Mary's Music School

St Mary's Music School is a music school in Scotland in Edinburgh, for boys and girls aged 9 to 19 and is also the Choir School of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.

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Stephen Barton

Stephen Barton (born 17 September 1982) is a British film and video game composer who has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2001.

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Student

A student is a learner or someone who attends an educational institution.

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The Purcell School for Young Musicians

The Purcell School for Young Musicians is a specialist music school for children, located in the town of Bushey, south Hertfordshire, England, and is the oldest specialist music school in the UK.

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The Shires (duo)

The Shires are a British country duo composed of singer-songwriters Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Vicars' Close, Wells

Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England, is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with original buildings surviving intact in Europe.

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Viola

The viola is a string instrument that is bowed or played with varying techniques.

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Wells Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Wells, Somerset.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.

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Yehudi Menuhin School

The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Cathedral_School

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