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482:, famous secretary of the Football Association and of Surrey County Cricket Club, states that Aldenham School Football Club was founded in 1825. This makes Aldenham School boast the title of having the earliest organised football club in the history of the game (something often awarded to Sheffield which began 29 years later in 1854). The original facsimile of Aldenham's entry in this 1873 Football Annual relating to this point, held by the Football Association itself, and being from such an authoritative source is perhaps grounds for the legal view that it is conclusive evidence. The late JR Witty, for so long on the staff of the Football Association wrote, "It was at such schools as Eton, Harrow, Westminster, Shrewsbury, Winchester and Aldenham and the like that Association Football, governed by the Laws of the Game which now operate, had its real formation." 500: 508: 331: 31: 730: 447:
In 1997, Aldenham celebrated its 400th anniversary, or Quatercentenary, which led to what was known at 'The 400 Appeal' being established. Through different events the appeal aimed to raise as much money as possible, to help the school expand ready for the 21st century.
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The Quatercentenary began with a launch party with fireworks and a re-enactment of Richard Platt receiving the letters patent from Elizabeth I to build the school. There was also an OA Reunion Day and a 'Festival of the Car', along with a football match: Aldenham vs
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In the summer of 2016, restorations were carried out on Beevor's and McGill's House, improving and updating the boarding facilities. Owing to the increasing number of girls in the school, in September 2017 Riding's House became a girls' day house.
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had to pay compensation of £91,000, equivalent to £10,617,759 in 2023. In a measure described by the headmaster of the time as "a violent act of confiscation", the Endowed Schools Commissioners, acting under the
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Grammar School being demolished and replaced by two new schools: a lower school providing an elementary education for the local population, and a grammar school for fee paying boarders.
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Before the school was rebuilt and enlarged in 1824, the head of the school was known as the Master. The founder, Richard Platt, arranged that when there was a vacancy,
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was laid in 1597. Before Platt died in 1600 he obtained an endowment for the School by a covenant between himself and the Brewers' Company. It became a free village
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showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate
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The school expanded during the 20th century, and in the 1970s girls were admitted, thus paving the way for the school to become fully co-educational.
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Football has been a major sport at Aldenham since the dawn of the game. In 1825 Aldenham became the second place, after
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A new Sixth Form Centre was opened in 2012 providing study and recreation facilities for Sixth Formers under one roof.
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for pupils from the ages of five to eleven. It was founded in the late sixteenth century by Richard Platt.
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In the early 19th century an investigation by the Education Charities Commission of the Poor led to the
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McGill's, Paull's, Leeman's, Riding's, Kennedy's, Beevor's, Martineau's, Woodrow's
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called Aldenham "a seriously sporty school", as well as "intensely competitive."
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painting of The Crucifixion was commissioned by the Master of the
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Staff writer (1907). "Cowper, Frank, M.A Ox." Who’s Who (UK).
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Founders and benefactors of St. John's college, Cambridge
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Heads of Aldenham School (Later, The Aldenham Foundation)
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Richard William Cox; Dave Russell; Wray Vamplew (2002).
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The History and Register of Aldenham School (10th ed.)
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Aldenham has six senior houses and two junior houses.
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Martineau's, junior boarding and day, boys and girls.
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for pupils aged eleven to eighteen, located between
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Football: The First Hundred Years, The Untold Story
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Elstree
Hertfordshire
England
Coordinates
51°39′48″N 00°19′40″W / 51.66333°N 0.32778°W / 51.66333; -0.32778
Public School
Private
Church of England
Richard Platt
Department for Education
117602
Tables
Coeducational
7 houses
Black
Gold
Old Aldenhamians
http://www.aldenham.com
co-educational
private
boarding
day school
Elstree
Aldenham
Hertfordshire
preparatory school

Richard Platt
City of London

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