Ashville College

Ashville College

Ashville College is an independent day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 4–18 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. It was founded as a Methodist boarding school for boys in 1877, and subsequently merged with Elmfield College and New College in the 1930s. It now thrives as the oldest private school in Harrogate.

Houses

Riverdale, Ellis, Duckworth, Windermere

Boarding houses

Lancaster (junior boys), Briggs (senior boys), Mallinson (senior boys), Norfolk (girls, all ages)

Motto

Esse quam videri ("to be rather than to seem")

Notable Old Ashvillians

*Henry Iles (1871–1951), brass band promoter and entertainment entrepreneur
*Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale (1873–1957), steelmaker and industrialist
*Tony Richardson (1928–1991), theatre and film director
*Andy Gray (born 1977), footballer
*Eugen Weber (1925–2007), historian
*Sir Stuart Sidney Mallinson, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., D.L., J.P. (1888–1981)
*Iain Coucher (born 1962) CEO Network Rail
*Robin Walker (born 1986) Michelin Star Chef
*Edward Couchman(born 1988) England Under 21 hockey player

References

* Booth, William (1990) "A History of Ashville and The Ashvillian Society". Harrogate: The Ashvillian Society, to mark their centenary (1890-1990).

Links

* [http://www.ashville.co.uk Official school website]
* [http://www.ashvillian-society.co.uk Old Ashvilllian Society]


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