Protestant Grunen School Ponds,Shoreham

[chalkley73]

Does anyone know anything about this school?

I am tracing a friends tree and one of her direct relatives was boarding here in the 1881 census

I cant find any details on the internet

regards

Kevin

[groom]

Hi just done a quick search  found this which you may already have:

Some one on Rootsweb was looking for information in 2004 - apparently the school was in Ponds House North Street Shoreham.

I then did a Google search for Ponds House Shoreham and found a bit, it was firstly Protestant Grunen School, then became Shoreham Grammar School and then Shoreham College.  This gave a limk to the Old Shorehamers Association  which gives some background info.

Jan

[chalkley73]

THANKS JAN

[Lydart]

(Hello 'Groom' ) !!

Do you know any more about this school ?    I've found an ancestor who was the H/M there on the 1881 census.   Protestant, I can understand, but have you any idea what 'Grunen' means ??   (I realise its German for 'green' .... but in the context of a Sussex school ? )

[groom]

Hello Lydart 

Gosh, this is an old post isn't it? I only know what I found then by googling. Grünen is German for green, but whether that has anything to do with it, I don't know. Your ancestor must have known the OP's ancestor! 

[Lydart]

(Sorry, I modified my original post when it dawned on me the meaning of the German)


I suppose its possible !    Its not my direct line at all; the man was William Henry Harper .... and looking at the 1881 again, I realise the 'head' probably referred to head of the family.   But there is a long list of servants and boarders under his name, continuing onto the next page and beyond, so I'd assume he was the H/M.    Pupils came from all over .... even Scotland. 

I wonder what sort of school it was ?    Google isn't any help

[hanes teulu]

The Brighton Gazette, Aug 1848 reported the opening of
"SHOREHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL & COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION
A school intended for the education of the sons of the upper portion of the middle classes, professional men &c .... was opened on Tuesday 1st inst ....". Over 50 clergymen attended.

The school, Rev. C. Moberley, headmaster was advertising places in February 1849 at £30 or £40 (headmaster's house) per annum

1851 Census - HO107  1647  316 60
Address "Pond House"

Can only find reference to "Grammar" school - nothing for "Grunen" apart from the 2004 post. Did someone somewhere misread a badly written "Grammar" as "Grunen"? What is the source of the first/original reference to "Grunen" 

[groom]

You could well be right about Grammar being transcribed incorrectly as Grunen, as the only references I can find are from people enquiring about the school. It would certainly make sense wouldn't it?

[hanes teulu]

If I was a betting man my money would be on it being a "misreading" somewhere along the line.