Llanabba Castle
Arnold House was a private boys preparatory school in Llanddulas, Conwy, north Wales, known especially for its association with Evelyn Waugh. History The school was founded Arnold House Preparatory School around 1867 at 29 Parkgate Road in the city of Chester, north England. The founders were Reverend James Clement Collier Pipon (also the first headmaster) together with Susan Augusta Griffiths, his wife. In 1874, Susan Griffiths died shortly after the birth of Philip James Griffiths Pipon, their only child. The following year, the school moved to the village of Llanddulas on the coast of north Wales. The school was renamed Arnold House School in 1875. It was an independent preparatory boarding school for boys, intended for the sons of army/navy officers, businessmen, clergy, gentry, and the middle classes in general. The school prepared pupils for the Common Entrance examination aimed at entry to public schools and also naval colleges. In the 1920s, pupil numbers increased and ...
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Llanddulas
Llanddulas is a village in Conwy county borough, Wales, midway between Old Colwyn and Abergele and next to the North Wales Expressway in the community of Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-Foel. The village lies beneath the limestone hill of Cefn-yr-Ogof (670 ft). This hill has large caves, and quarrying of limestone was formerly the main industry of the village, with crushed stone being exported from the 200 m long jetty. According to figures from the 2011 census, Llanddulas, combined with nearby village Rhyd y Foel, had a population of 1,542, with around 23% of the population having some knowledge of the Welsh language. Llanddulas is notable as being the place where Richard II was betrayed in 1399. and is also the birthplace of Lewis Valentine. Between 1889 and 1952 the village had its own railway station. According to legend, a cave on the mountain of Pen y Cefn was once the abode of the Devil, until the people of Llanddulas performed an exorcism at the cave to drive him a ...
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Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy
Rear-Admiral Rafe Grenville Rowley-Conwy, CMG (11 September 1875 – 4 April 1951), was a Royal Navy officer and Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire. Biography Personal life Rowley-Conwy was the second son of Captain Conwy Granville Hercules Rowley (1841–1900), by his wife Marian Harford. His father, who later took the surname Rowley-Conwy, was a son of Colonel the Hon. Richard Rowley (1812–1887), an MP for Harwich and a younger son of the 1st Baron Langford. He attended the Arnold House preparatory school in the village of Llanddulas, north Wales. He owned the Bodrhyddan estate in Rhuddlan. He never married, and the estate was inherited by his nephew Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, who later succeeded a second cousin as Baron Langford. Military career Rowley-Conwy was confirmed as a second lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 14 December 1894, and later promoted to Lieutenant. On 13 May 1902 he was appointed to the cruiser HMS ''Medusa'', as First and Gunnery lieutenant. He wa ...
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Defunct Schools In Cheshire West And Chester
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Educational Institutions Disestablished In 1943
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, and there are disagreement ...
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