Wennington School

Wennington School, founded by the Quaker educationalist Kenneth C. Barnes, was a co-educational and ultimately progressive boarding school.

Wennington Hall
Ingmanthorpe Hall

It was founded in 1940 in Lonsdale, Lancashire, England. Early governors included Alfred Schweitzer and John Macmurray.[1] During the Second World War the school was housed in Wennington Hall and after the war it relocated to Ingmanthorpe Hall near Wetherby, Yorkshire where it remained until its closure in 1975.[2]

Headmasters included translator and poet Brian Merrikin Hill.[3] The building was used in some episodes of the television series The Darling Buds of May.[4]

  1. ^ "Brian Hill and John Macmurray". pettrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Wennington School 1940–1975". wenningtonschool.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ^ K. E. Smith (20 March 1997). "Obituary: Brian Merrikin Hill". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Get a taste of the Downton Abbey lifestyle with a home in a grand old house". Harrogate Advertiser. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.