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207: 40: 115: 155:. Its principle was that the role of the schoolmaster is to instill the desire to learn, more than to impart facts. There was no corporal punishment and alleged transgressions were tried by a court of pupils. The school's curriculum included foreign languages, science and engineering. At the time, most established schools focussed on 126:
that in 1827 a branch of the school was created at Bruce Castle in Tottenham, with Rowland Hill as its head master. Unfortunately for the old school, the new one proved much more popular than the old, with boys transferring to it in large numbers, and in 1833 the original Hazelwood School closed and
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The Bruce Castle School was in some ways a victim of its own success. As its methods were adopted elsewhere, parents returned to traditional schools which had adapted themselves to a new age. The Rev. William Almack continued to run the school until 1891, when it was closed. The
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Sketch of the System of Education, Moral and Intellectual, in practice at the Schools of Bruce Castle, Tottenham, and Hazelwood, near Birmingham
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bought the house and grounds, which were opened to the public as Bruce Castle Park in June 1892. The Park is still in use, and is adjacent to
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P. W. J. Bartrip, 'A Thoroughly Good School: an Examination of the Hazelwood Experiment in Progressive Education' in
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The Durham research review: the research publication of the Institute of Education, University of Durham
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A printing press designed by Rowland Hill and built by pupils of the school is on display at London's
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says that "...the school's particular curriculum endowed him with a lifetime interest in science and
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During the School's time, Tottenham's character changed. The construction of the
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Some eminent Victorians: personal recollections in the world of art and letters
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The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections
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In 1819, Rowland Hill moved his father's Hill Top School from central
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in 1840 made commuting to central London possible, and in 1872 the
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Part of the new building. An inscription over the door reads:
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Joseph Priestley and his Influence on Education in Birmingham
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J. N. Hays, 'Brayley, Edward William (1801/2–1870)', in
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Plans for the Government and Liberal Instruction of Boys
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The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London
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visited the school and wrote about it in the issue of
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From its beginning Rowland Hill ran the school along
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The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs
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Index


Bruce Castle
Tottenham
Rowland Hill
Hazelwood School
Edgbaston
Birmingham
Priestley
middle classes
corporal punishment
Marc Antoine Jullien

Jeremy Bentham
Francis and Caroline Clark
radical
Richard Price
Thomas Paine
Joseph Priestley
Classics
Edward William Brayley
physical sciences
Sir Henry Barkly
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
statistics
Charles Babbage
South America
José Rufino Echenique
President of Peru

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