Rossall School
Motto	Mens Agitat Molem 'The Mind Moves the Matter'
Established	1844
Type	Independent
Religion	Church of England
Headteacher	Dr. Stephen Winkley (Oxon)
Chaplain	Revd. Stephen Cooper
Chairman of Governors	Vacant
Founder	Revd. Canon St. Vincent Beechey
Location	Rossall, Fleetwood Lancashire England
Students	660
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Houses	12
Colours	Red, White and Navy Blue
Website	www.rossall.co.uk
Coordinates: 53°53′45″N 3°02′33″W / 53.8957°N 3.0424°W / 53.8957; -3.0424

Rossall School is a British, co-educational, public school (an independent school in England) in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year. Its establishment was "to provide, at a moderate cost, for the sons of Clergymen and others, a classical, mathematical and general education of the highest class, and to do all things necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of the above objects."^[1] Along with Cheltenham and Marlborough, Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in education during the early Victorian period. These schools were later complemented by others such as Clifton, Wellington, Malvern and Radley.

Set in a 161-acre (0.65 km²) estate next to Rossall Beach, Rossall is also a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and was granted a royal charter on 21 October 1890.^[1] It accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18 and also has an associated preparatory school. Rossall's campus has a large array of facilities for extracurricular activities and the school is home to the Lawrence House Space Science and Astronomy Centre, the only facility of its type in the UK. Over the years, Rossall has adapted itself to changing attitudes in education, and was the first school in the UK to have a Combined Cadet Force and one of the first to introduce the International Baccalaureate and host a dedicated international study centre on campus.^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Foundation 1.2 1844 to 1914 1.3 1914 to 1945 1.4 1945 to present 2 Campus 2.1 Architecture 2.1.1 The Archway 2.1.2 The Chapel 2.1.3 The Dining Hall 2.1.4 Canberra Grammar School 2.2 Facilities 2.2.1 Scientific 2.2.2 Sporting 3 Rossall today 3.1 Extra-curricular activities 3.1.1 Sports 3.1.2 Music 3.1.3 Combined Cadet Force 3.1.4 Miscellaneous 4 School terms 4.1 Buildings 4.2 Daily Life 4.3 Disciplinary Terms 4.4 Sport Terms 5 Houses 6 Old Rossallians 7 Headmasters of Rossall 8 Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Foundation

The idea of founding a boarding school on the Fylde coast originates with a Corsican man named Zenon Vantini. As the owner of a local North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood,^[3] Vantini opened his hotel expecting many visitors but was disappointed when few people arrived. To boost the number of visitors to Fleetwood and help his hotel and the local economy, Vantini came up with an idea to open two schools in the vicinity of Fleetwood, one for boys and another for girls, totalling 1,000 students.^[3] The early Victorian period was marked by high child mortality rates, and Vantini expected that in the long term, the schools could be funded by a form of tontine insurance scheme, whereby the cost to educate children who reached their teenage years was offset by those who had died in infancy.^[3]

Vantini called a meeting at the North Euston Hotel to discuss the foundation of the schools with local businessmen and clergy.^[3] It was at this point that it was decided that any school that was to be founded would be directly affiliated to the Church of England. This was to be the first major Church of England school in the north of England and a sister school to Marlborough College which had opened the previous year. It was soon established though that there was little hope of founding the girls school and the idea of the girls school was soon abandoned, with the boys' school pupil numbers reduced to 200.^[4] Consequently, Vantini's involvement with the scheme steadily dissipated, Rev. St. Vincent Beechey, the parish priest of Fleetwood, soon took the reins.

Beechey soon set about finding the funds required to set up such a school. Beechey managed to get the financial support of Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, The Earl of Derby as patron, the Duke of Devonshire as vice-president and John Bird Sumner, then Bishop of Chester and later Archbishop of Canterbury, as visitor.^[4] As a result of Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood's financial problems from over-investing in the development of Fleetwood, he agreed to lease his ancestral home of Rossall Hall to the school for 21 years, with the option of buying it for £7,000 after ten years.^[4] The Northern Church of England Boarding School, re-named Rossall College under the reign of William Osborne, opened on 22 August 1844.

[edit] 1844 to 1914

Initial problems were not unusual for boarding schools of the time, though Rossall did nearly shut down in its infancy because of huge outbreaks of Scarlet Fever. The foundation stone to the school chapel, now the Sumner Library, was laid in 1848 by the first ever Bishop of Manchester, James Prince Lee - the diocese having only been created that same year. Rossall's swift and successful development can be seen by its inclusion in the book The Great Schools of England (1865).^[5]

The current chapel was constructed in the 1860s and the school underwent further development from the 1880s to 1900 to accommodate more students and to create further facilities such as the gym which still stands. In 1874 Rossall hit the headlines as it became the first Church of England school to play a Catholic school, Stonyhurst College, in an inter-school sports fixture by playing them at cricket. A number of Protestant newspapers warned against such activities advising Rossall parents to be wary of encroaching papism.^[6]

Two decades later, Rossall had its first major experience of warfare with roughly one hundred O.R.s serving in the Boer War, nearly half of them winning distinctions or mentions in despatches. Seventeen old boys however died in active service, all of whom are now commemorated in the stalls of the school chapel.^[7]

Rossall was widely considered to be in top 30 public schools in the UK by the end of Queen Victoria's reign also earning itself a place in the Public Schools Yearbook and the Public School News section of the Cambridge Review.^[8] Despite some financial difficulties as a result of fund embezzling by a bursar, by the end of the 1920s Rossall's academic results were amongst the best in the country with record numbers achieving scholarships to Oxbridge and attaining distinctions in the Higher Certificate examinations.^[9]

[edit] 1914 to 1945

During the world wars large numbers of Old Rossallians lost their lives in combat, 297 in World War One alone^[10] - the majority of whom are now commemorated in the extension memorial chapel. Rossall has had the privilege of being allowed to have a memorial plaque placed at St Georges Chapel by the Menin Gate in honour of its fallen, alongside schools such as Rugby, Eton and Harrow.^[11] 1,617 ORs fought in World War One,^[12] 300 of whom received war honours.^[10]

Rossall's WWI War Honours (With Bar)

V.C.	G.C.M.G.	C.B.	C.I.E.	C.M.G.	D.S.O.	C.B.E.	O.B.E.	M.B.E.	D.S.C.	M.C.	D.F.C.	A.F.C.	D.C.M.	M.M.
2	1	4	2	16	54 (9)	9	37	9	2	154 (13)	4	3	2	2

Before the Second World War Rossall had made plans to accommodate Westminster School^[13] however these plans were scrapped when the government seized the campus for its own departments, the Office of Works, Board of Education and Ministry of Pensions, forcing Rossall up to Naworth Castle.^[13] The school was very lucky to get the campus back in 1940 after only one year in government hands and it immediately looked to take in a school from the south-east, as Westminster had now found an alternative solution. The eventual choice was that of Alleyn's who had to be evacuated from London as a result of the risk of bombing.^[13] Another side effect of the war was that there was only one centenary dinner celebrating the 100th year of Rossall. Rather more unusual was the fact that it was conducted by Old Rossallians imprisoned in Changi Jail - a notorious Japanese Prisoner of War camp in Singapore.^[14]

[edit] 1945 to present

The school left the 1940s in good health, even attracting Benjamin Britten to give a concert in Big School in 1954. It continued to thrive and in the 1970s, in a bid to ensure the highest standards during a period of declining boarding, girls were allowed to enroll. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the school pushed on with a development programme and had a number of royal visits including the Queen in 1994 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its foundation. The school however went through great financial difficulty at the turn of the millennium.

Rossall has since had a large amount of investment, with the boarding houses currently undergoing refurbishment and large restructuring throughout the years. The middle school now runs from years 7 to 9, one year longer than traditionally. As a part of the modernising of the school the IB was introduced as an alternative to A-Levels in 1998, being only the 3rd school in the UK to do so, and there is now also a large international boarding contingent.

Rossall is still committed to relatively affordable private education in relation to the rest of the UK - 80% of those who attend the school are the first in their family to attend an independent school and a large number of scholarships and bursaries are available.^[15] 2007 saw the return of the Rossall Summer School - developed to give children from outside of the UK the opportunity to develop their English speaking skills as well as being a chance for those thinking of going to a boarding school to prepare for the change in daily lifestyle.

In December 2007 it was announced that headmaster, Tim Wilbur, would be leaving at the end of the academic year. The new headmaster is Dr Stephen Winkley, formerly Second Master at Winchester College, Headmaster of Uppingham School and Chairman of the Boarding School Association.

[edit] Campus

[edit] Architecture

[edit] The Archway

This is perhaps Rossall's most prominent architectural feature. It was erected in 1867, under the reign of William Osborne, with the foundation stone being laid by William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire.^[16] It is believed to have been designed by Edward Graham Paley. It is clearly modelled on the entrance gates of the Oxbridge colleges and originally had large wooden doors which were locked at night however these have since been removed for improvements in access.^[17]

[edit] The Chapel

In the 1860s a new school chapel was built to cope with the increasing number of students, the old chapel serving, as it does today, as the school library. The new chapel was designed by Edward Graham Paley,^[18] extended by Robert Lorimer and includes numerous carvings by Eric Gill.^[19] The chapel organ was designed by Harrison & Harrison.^[19]

[edit] The Dining Hall

The original school dining hall burnt down in the 1920s. The replacement, the current dining hall, was designed by Sir Hubert Worthington.^[20] The design was not without fault however - it was constructed from bricks encased in a weatherable coating that would dissolve away to leave it looking in the same condition as the rest of the square. Despite the best efforts of the north Lancashire climate and the Irish Sea, the bricks have yet to fully weather, or in most cases weather in any way at all. Hence its peculiar colour compared with the rest of the Rossall buildings. The largest section of wood panelling behind the headmaster's table in the dining hall is made from an oak tree that grew in the back garden of George Mallory.^[21] It is likely that it is the largest school dining hall in the country^[22] and was described by F. A. M. Webster in his book Our Great Public Schools as, "one of the most splendid in the country."^[23]

There are four coats of arms attached to the exterior of the dining hall to commemorate the various families associated with Rossall over the years; The Allen Family for the medieval and renaissance owners of the site, The Hesketh Family for the Anglican family who acquired the sequestered property of the Roman Catholic Allens during the English Reformation, The Fleetwood Family who intermarried with the Heskeths and became the most recent owners of the site prior to the original loan of Rossall Hall for the opening of the school by their last representative, Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood and The Beechey Family for the founder of the school, The Revd. St. Vincent Beechey.^[24]

[edit] Canberra Grammar School

Stone from Rossall can be found in the cloisters of Canberra Grammar School along with stones from Eton, Westminster, St Paul's, Charterhouse, Uppingham, Clifton, Tonbridge, Shrewsbury, Sherborne, Wellington, Cheltenham, Repton and Radley.^[25]

[edit] Facilities

The school has a number of specialist sporting, scientific and cultural facilities, including:

[edit] Scientific

• Observatory with 12' Victorian Telescope
• Astronomy Centre and Starlab Planetarium

[edit] Sporting

• 25m Indoor swimming pool
• 8 Covered Fives Courts
• 3 Hard-surface Tennis Courts
• 6 Squash Courts
• 25m Indoor Shooting Range
• Indoor Archery Range
• All-weather astroturf hockey pitch
• Indoor Climbing Wall
• Mile long stretch of private beach
• Weight-training gymnasium

[edit] Rossall today

The school offers both A-levels and the International Baccalaureate IB Diploma Programme for Sixth form students.^[26] The Preparatory School operates on IB Primary Years Programme.

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

[edit] Sports

There are 64 clubs and societies currently in operation at Rossall. Amongst them are the more traditional such as Rugby, football, Fives and Hockey. There are also numerous other unique clubs such as the Croquet Club. As well as competing in sporting competitions around the country, Rossall plays host to a number of inter-school tournaments throughout the year. In recent years these have included hockey, preparatory school rugby and basketball. The most notable tournament is the fives competition which attracts the likes of Lancing College, Malvern College, Uppingham School and Shrewsbury School.^[27]

[edit] Music

Rossall has numerous school choirs including the Beecham Singers, a choir principally for those in the local community to join. They give regular recitals throughout the year, often for charity. The school's chapel choir has performed at Durham Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral and York Minster. In the summer of 2007 the choir went on a tour of Paris culminating in a performance at Notre Dame and Chartres Cathedral. In 2008, they went on a tour of Barcelona and in 2009, they went on a tour of Venice.^[28]

[edit] Combined Cadet Force

Rossall was the first school in the United Kingdom to form a Combined Cadet Force (CCF).^[29] It was founded in February 1860 when the threat of a French/Irish Catholic invasion was at its height.^[30] Although Rugby School claims to have raised a company of Volunteer Riflemen in 1804^[30] Rossall's is the oldest contingent continually in existence and the one from which many other schools drew the inspiration of founding theirs'. Other schools such as Eton College formed their corps a few months after Rossall. The institution is still present in the school today with around 100 cadets currently enlisted. In recent years the shooting team has excelled with notable victories in the Home Guard Cup and Loyal’s Regimental Cup.^[31]

[edit] Miscellaneous

Other societies include the Astronomy club which makes use of the school's telescope and planetarium^[32] and the Literary Society, which meets on Friday evenings to discuss different genres of literature.

[edit] School terms

[edit] Buildings

• Big School ^[33] - The Main Assembly Hall
• Brew Room - The small kitchens in each house in which the students may prepare food for themselves.
• Chagger - The nickname for the houses changing rooms.
• Common Room - The name of the Teachers Lounge. Teachers are known as members of Common Room.
• The Cop - The dyke that runs around Rossall - most noticeable around the playing fields.
• The Gazebo - The small structure with the flagpole that sits atop the mound next to Mitre Fleur-de-Lys. The gazebo is the oldest structure at Rossall, dating from no later than 1733 (See picture to the right.)
• Moni's Lawn ^[33] - The elevated area of grass next to the dining hall on which only school monitors can walk
• Nagger - The nickname for the Matron's office where laundry is cleaned etc.
• The Needle Room - The Middle School Matron's office
• Rosshop ^[34] - Rossall's own shop which sells the school's uniform, sports equipment etc.
• Senior Club ^[33] - The sixth form bar
• The Square - The main school quad

[edit] Daily Life

• The Carmen - The school song. It is sung at major school events including Old Rossallian dinners and end of term assemblies.
• Congers - Congregational hymn practice in chapel.
• Nagger Bag - The name of the bags in each house used to pick up and carry the students' laundry to Nagger.
• School - A lesson

[edit] Disciplinary Terms

• The Bill - Being placed on the Bill is usually a result of very poor behaviour and involves a student being summoned at lunchtime to talk to the First Deputy Head personally about their misdeeds. A punishment is then issued if the pupil's explanation is not accepted. The advantage of the Bill system is that all pupils, from whatever house or year group, are treated similarly.
• Gating - Pupils are gated as the worst form of punishment before expulsion or suspension. Students who are gated are only allowed to wear their school uniform and must stay within the school grounds, usually in the house. There are also usually extra punishments involved such as litter-picking or essay writing. This is most often given for smoking, drinking or skipping lessons.
• Parade - A small punishment, usually given for a minor misdemeanor, distributed by a monitor when a younger pupil has disobeyed them when the monitor is trying to carry out their duties and responsibilities.
• P.S. (Punishment School) - The Rossall equivalent of detention

[edit] Sport Terms

• Rossall Fives - Rossall's unique version of fives^[30] - an amalgamation of Rugby, Winchester and Eton Fives - though it resembles Rugby Fives more than the other two codes.
• Rossall Hockey (Ross Hockey) ^[35] - A relatively famous^[30][36] game unique to Rossall - a cross between Rugby and Hockey, originally derived from the Eton Field Game, played on the beach in the harshest winter months.
• Shore - A Rossall Hockey pitch
• Zephyr - A rugby top

[edit] Houses

Like many independent schools Rossall adopted a house system early on, with each pupil belonging to a house. It forms an integral part of life at the school and there are frequent inter-house events in sports as well as the arts. The middle school houses are used simply as a means to compete in competition. The senior school house have this purpose too but are also physical entities with their own buildings. The current houses are:

House Name	Student's Gender	Part of:	House Colours	Founded	House Type
Anchor	Boys + Girls	Middle School		2004	Boarding
Dragon	Boys + Girls	Middle School		2006	Day
Falcon	Boys + Girls	Middle School		2006	Day
Stag's Head	Boys + Girls	Middle School		2006	Day
Lugard Boys	Boys	ISC		1985	Boarding
Lugard Girls	Girls	ISC		1985	Boarding
Dolphin	Girls	Senior School		1980	Day
Maltese Cross	Boys	Senior School		1886	Boarding + Day
Mitre Fleur-de-Lys	Boys	Senior School		1875	Boarding + Day
Pelican	Boys	Senior School		1888	Boarding + Day
Rose	Girls	Senior School		1884	Boarding
Spread Eagle	Boys	Senior School		1868	Boarding + Day
Wren	Girls	Senior School		2008*	Boarding

• Wren was originally founded in 1987 but was abolished and then re-launched in 2008. This was due to an insufficient intake of girls into the school.
• Anchor was originally formed as a boys boarding house, but was amalgamated into Maltese Cross Anchor shortly after it's 100 year anniversary in 1991-92. The original colours were Brown and UN Blue, and the house was notorious for the warlike and irreverent attitude of its members, a contributory factor in its dissolution.

[edit] Old Rossallians

Many notable people have studied at Rossall over the years.

• J. R. Ackerley - Author, Diarist and Memoirist
• Bill Ashton - Founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra
• Sir Thomas Beecham - Conductor and founder of numerous orchestras including the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic.
• Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham - Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and King George V. Responsible for the change in royal name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
• Little Boots - Singer/Songwriter - Winner of the BBC's Sound of 2009
• David Brown - Aston Martin and Lagonda owner.
• Father Thomas R.D. Byles - Catholic priest who refused to leave the Titanic so he could help fellow passengers. He perished as it sank.
• Leslie Charteris - author and creator of The Saint
• Michael Dickinson - World Record Holding National Hunt trainer
• James Donald - Scottish character actor (The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Great Escape)
• J.G. Farrell - novelist and winner of the Booker Prize
• F. W. Harvey - First World War Poet
• Lord Frederick Lugard - Governor of Nigeria and Hong Kong, also founder of the University of Hong Kong
• Lieutenant General Sir John Nixon - Senior officer in the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, who was ultimately responsible for the surrender of the British 6th Indian Division at Kut
• Charles Kay Ogden - Linguist, psychologist, philosopher and inventor of Basic English
• Brian Redman - Successful racing car driver - 3 times Formula 5000 champion amongst other notable victories
• Walter Clopton Wingfield - The Inventor of Lawn Tennis
• Peter Winterbottom - Former England Rugby Union Captain. He also played for the Lions.

The school alumni society is called the Rossallian Club. The Rossallian Club has numerous gatherings every year all over the UK and, with the advent of a large international boarding contingent in recent years, all over the world - the first ever OR meal in Germany took place in 2006. The school also has its own masonic lodge, founded in 1928, that meets three times a year at Freemasons's Hall in London. It is part of the Public School Lodges Council and is open to any Old Rossallian who wishes to join.^[37]

Rossall's alumni are one of only nine schools to have won the Halford Hewitt Public Schools Golf Tournament more than twice. The schools are (in order of victories): Charterhouse (16), Harrow (11), Eton (10), Tonbridge (6), Rugby (5), Watson's (4), Rossall (3), Shrewsbury (3), Merchiston (3). Rossall is also positioned 8th overall in the Anderson Scale of past performances in the competition.^[38]

[edit] Headmasters of Rossall

First year at Rossall	Final year at Rossall	Name	Education	Career after Rossall
1844	1849	Dr John Woolley	University of London & University College, Oxford	First Principal of the University of Sydney.
1849	1869	Rev. William Alexander Osborne	St Paul's & Trinity College, Cambridge	Retired from education after Rossall
1870	1875	Rev. Robert Henniker	Charterhouse & Trinity College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1875	1886	Dr. Herbert Armitage James	Abergavenny Grammar School, Jesus College & Lincoln College, Oxford	Headmaster of Cheltenham and Rugby. President of St. John's College, Oxford.
1886	1896	Rev. Charles Coverdale Tancock	Sherborne & Exeter College, Oxford	Headmaster of Tonbridge
1896	1908	Rev. Dr. John Pearce Way	Bath College & Brasenose College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1908	1932	Rev. Canon Edward John Walford Houghton	Sherborne & Christ Church, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1932	1937	Harold George Michael Clarke	St Paul's & Trinity College, Cambridge	Headmaster of Repton
1937	1957	Rev. Charles Edgar Young	Charterhouse & Exeter College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1957	1967	Geoffrey Sale	Berkhamstead & Lincoln College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1967	1972	Roger Wykeham Ellis	Winchester & Trinity College, Oxford	Headmaster of Marlborough and Head of the HMC
1973	1987	Dr John Sharp	Keighley Grammar & Brasenose College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1987	2001	Richard David Walton Rhodes	Rossall & St John's College, Durham	Retired from education after Rossall
2001	2008	Timothy Wilbur	Kent & Loughborough	Headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School
2008	Incumbent	Dr. Stephen Charles Winkley	St. Edward's and Brasenose College, Oxford

[edit] Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre

Rossall is also home to the Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre - the only centre dedicated solely to the teaching of Astronomy.^[39] The project consists of the telescope in Rossall's Assheton Observatory as well as a building of its own containing a lecture theatre, classrooms and a portable planetarium. The telescope is of particular note - being 12 feet (3.7 m) long, 18 inches wide and dating from 1870.^[40] The objective diameter of the telescope is 6.5 inches and it has a focal length of f/13.5.^[41] The project has been funded by the Lawrence House Trust and predominantly run by Dr. Nick Lister, originally the head of D.T. at the school and now Astronomer in Residence. Dr Lister studied at Plymouth University before getting his PHD from University College London. He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and was recently appointed as vice-president of the Association for Astronomy Education, where he succeeded Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, who has now become president of the organisation.^[42]

When initial assessments were being made for the feasibility of restoring the observatory, both the telescope and observatory were in a poor condition as a result of years of neglect and an arson attempt by some local children. However, the telescope is made predominantly from brass and thus suffered minimal corrosion and damage. Most importantly the lens of the telescope survived unscathed allowing for restoration.^[41] This was carried out at first by several dedicated parents and governors of the school, amongst them Syd Little.Soon after the basic restoration ideas were raised for a larger project allowing the teaching of astronomy on a larger scale. After getting clearance from the original owners of the telescope to go ahead with the project, Rossall was given funds from the Lawrence House Trust, an educational charity, to go forward with their plans. The centre had an official opening on Tuesday 26 September 2006 with Old Rossallian and former Astronomer Royal Sir Francis Graham Smith in attendance.^[43] The centre's motto is 'Astronomy For All' meaning that it offers courses to Rossall Students but also at a small cost to the general public. Courses also range from beginner to advanced to ensure that anybody who wishes to study Astronomy can do so.

Possibly because of its emphasis on practical astronomy as a subject, Rossall School was depicted as the school attended by Dan Dare, the fictional space hero in The Eagle comic who was a favourite character of boys of the 1950s–60s.

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• 'Rossall School, Its Rise and Progress' - Canon St Vincent Beechy (1894)
• 'History of Rossall School' - John Frederick Rowbotham (First ed. 1895, John Heywood)
• 'The Centenary History of Rossall School' - W Furness (1945, Gale and Polden)
• 'A Very Desolate Position' - Peter Bennett (1977, Rossall Archives)
• 'Rossall Will be What You Make it' - Peter Bennett (1992, Rossall Archives)
• 'The Tide Flows On' - Derek Winterbottom (2006, Manx Press)
• 'A Short History of the Rossall School Corps.' - Lt.-Col. L. H. Trist (1960, pp. 27. Fleetwood Chronicle: Fleetwood)
• 'Alleyn’s and Rossall schools : the Second World War, experience and status'- Donald Leinster_Mackay (1990 , Leeds : Museum of the History of Education, University of Leeds.)
• 'Hymns for use in the chapel of Rossall School' - Herbert A. James. (1880, R. Clay, Sons, & Taylor: London)
• 'Rossall. An Ode, by O. Seaman ... for the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the School' - Charles Harford Lloyd (1894, London & New York : Novello, Ewer and Co)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Rossallian Club Website
• Rossall Foundation Website
• Lawrence House Astronomy and Space Science Centre Website
• Rossall Summer School Website
• Old Rossallian Lodge
• Rossall School in the Press
• A Pictorial History of Rossall

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