Spennymoor Grammar School (also known as Alderman Wraith Grammar School) was a selective state school in County Durham:[1]
History
editIt opened in 1922, went through several name changes and finally closed in 2015.[2][3]
Notable former pupils
edit- Sir Percy Cradock, British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist,[4] Ambassador to China from 1978 to 1983
- Eric Gates, striker for Ipswich Town
- John McManners, British clergyman and historian of religion[5]
- Bruce Oldfield, fashion designer (briefly)
- Dave Parnaby, football manager
- Jack Scott, BBC weather forecaster[6]
- John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant (formerly Sir John Walton), neuroscientist
- Peter Willis, former association football referee[7]
- James Woodward, Principal of Sarum College[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Durham University Archives
- ^ "Final moments of Spennymoor school". Wear Valley Advertiser. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Demolition of Durham Road School - Spennymoor". YouTube. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Sir Percy Cradock", Telegraph, 28 January 2010. online version
- ^ Aston, Nigel (14 December 2006). "Obituary: John McManners: British Religious Historian and Expert on the Ancien Regime". The Guardian, Obituaries. p. 36. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Home - Newsquest". archive.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Main reference for much of the information: article at Darlington and Stockton Times website.
- ^ "Jmes Walford Woodward". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ 'WOODWARD, Rev. Canon James Welford', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2018; online edn, Jan 2018 accessed 122 Jan 2018
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