Shardlow Hall (school)

Shardlow Hall
Location
Map
Shardlow
,
Derbyshire

England
Coordinates52°52′11″N 1°20′59″W / 52.8698°N 1.3498°W / 52.8698; -1.3498
Information
Typeprep school
Established1911[1]
FounderB. O. Corbett
Closed1933
Genderboys

Shardlow Hall was a school in Shardlow, a village seven miles south of Derby in the English Midlands. It was founded by B.O.Corbett, who had played football for England,[2] as a preparatory school for boys. One of its notable students was John Harris, who wrote under the name John Wyndham.[3]

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  3. ^ John Wyndham biography, goliath.ecnext.com, accessed 6 September 2008