Hyde Abbey School

Hyde Abbey School was a British independent school in Winchester, Hampshire, UK.

The school was founded by the Reverend Reynell Cotton in 1760.[1][2] Following his death in 1779, Cotton was succeeded as headmaster by his son-in-law, the Reverend Charles Richards.[2]

In 1795, Sir John Soane constructed a dedicated schoolroom for the school – his only building in Winchester.[3] By 1847, the school had closed and its building was taken on a lease as the first Hampshire Museum.[4]

  1. ^ "Reynell Cotton's Cricket Song" (PDF). The Horsham Society Newsletter. The Horsham Society. August 2009. p. 62. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carpenter Turner, Barbara (1980). Winchester. Paul Cave Publications. p. 140. ISBN 0861460138.
  3. ^ Sir John Soane's Museum. "Soane Buildings (List of Projects)". Sir John Soane's Museum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ Preston, Richard (2008). "'Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties': the Audit House Library, Southampton, 1831–63 and Winchester Library & Museum, 1851–63" (PDF). Journal of the Southampton Local History Forum. 14 (Winter 2008). Southampton Library Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.