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{{Infobox school
| name = Westbrook Hay Prep School
| name = Westbrook Hay School
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| image = Westbrook Hay (geograph 2164677).jpg
| image = Westbrook Hay (geograph 2164677).jpg
| caption = Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course
| type = Independent school
| caption = Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course
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| religious_affiliation = [[Anglican]] [[Church of England]]
| motto = {{Lang-la|Ora et Labora}}
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| city = [[Hemel Hempstead]]
| motto_translation = Prayer and work
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| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
| established = {{Start date and age|1892}}
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| postcode = HP1 2RF
| type = [[Independent school]]
| country = England
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| religious_affiliation = [[Anglican]] [[Church of England]]
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| campus_size = {{Convert|26|acre}}
| principal = Mr Mark Brain
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| city = [[Hemel Hempstead]]
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| county = [[Hertfordshire]]
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| staff = 50 (approx)
| enrollment = 291(approx)
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 3
| upper_age = boys 13-14max girls 3-11
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'''Westbrook Hay School''' is a culturally significant [[great house]] located in [[Hemel Hempstead]], Hertfordshire, England, that has housed the independent '''Westbrook Hay Prep School''' since 1963.


== Listed building ==
'''Westbrook Hay Prep School''' is a [[co-educational]] [[independent school]] which educates children from rising 3 –13 years.
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Westbrook Hay was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family ([[Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)|Richard Ryder]], then [[Granville Ryder (1799–1879)|Granville Ryder]] and then Dudley Ryder)<ref>{{cite web |title=Granville Ryder |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/ryder-hon-granville-1799-1879 |access-date=11 August 2013 |publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref> until the [[Second World War]], after which it became the headquarters of the [[Hemel Hempstead]] [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] [[Development corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009 |title=The Orange Walk – Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay |url=https://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/the-trust/maps-a-walks/the-orange-walk.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112232451/http://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/the-trust/maps-a-walks/the-orange-walk.html |archive-date=12 November 2016 |access-date=11 August 2013 |website=Box Moor Trust}}</ref>


A [[Grade II listed]] building on the [[National Heritage List for England]],<ref name=":0">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1348435|desc=Westbrook Hay School|grade=II*|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> Westbrook Hay School is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the [[A41 road|A41]] between [[Berkhamsted]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]] in Hertfordshire.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Welcome |url=http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/ |access-date=11 August 2013 |publisher=Westbrook Hay Preparatory School}}</ref>
==The school==
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The school was established by Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at [[Radley College]], as a boarding school for boys in [[Bedford]] in 1892; it moved to [[Hinwick House]] near [[Wellingborough]] shortly thereafter and then to [[Gadebridge House]] in nearby [[Hemel Hempstead]] in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/why-wbh/our-history#.Uge5gJKmiAh|title=Our history|publisher=Westbrook Hay School|access-date=11 August 2013}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329144608/http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/why-wbh/our-history |date=29 March 2016}}</ref> It remained there until it was forced out of its old premises by the [[Commission for New Towns]] as part of its development of the [[new town]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=66113 |publisher=Hemel Today, The Gazette|date= 2 January 2010 |title=Gadebridge House/School|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> It took on its present name at its present site that year. It is now an independent Prep school which educates boys and girls from rising 3 –13 years. The school is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the A 41 between [[Berkhamsted]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]] in Hertfordshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/|title=Welcome|publisher=Westbrook Hay School|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref>


During the 1950s, the {{Convert|650|yd|m|abbr=on|order=flip}} drive became the [[Westbrook Hay Hill Climb]].<ref>Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.</ref> The building began housing a school in 1963, and it was listed on the National Heritage List in 1966 as "Westbrook Hay School".<ref name=":0" />
==The house==
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The house was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family ([[Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)|Richard Ryder]], then [[Granville Ryder (1799–1879)|Granville Ryder]] and then Dudley Ryder)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/ryder-hon-granville-1799-1879|title=Granville Ryder|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> until the [[World War II|Second World War]] after which it became the headquarters of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/the-trust/maps-a-walks/the-orange-walk.html|title=The Orange Walk - Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay|publisher=The Boxmoor Trust|access-date=11 August 2013}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112232451/http://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/the-trust/maps-a-walks/the-orange-walk.html |date=12 November 2016}}</ref> During the 1950s the 650 yard drive became the [[Westbrook Hay Hill Climb]].<ref>Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.</ref>


==Alumni==
== Prep school ==
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'''Westbrook Hay Prep School''' is a co-educational independent school for children from rising 3–13 years. Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at [[Radley College]], established the school in 1892 in [[Bedford]] as a boarding school for boys. It moved to [[Hinwick House]] near [[Wellingborough]] shortly thereafter, when it was named "Hinwick House School",<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/26f6b0b6-fd6e-46b5-90c7-a1e28685ffe4 |title=Prospectus for Hinwick House School. Principal |year=1905 |language=English}}</ref> and then to [[Gadebridge House]] in [[Hemel Hempstead]] in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/why-wbh/our-history#.Uge5gJKmiAh|title=Our history|publisher=Westbrook Hay School|access-date=11 August 2013}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329144608/http://www.westbrookhay.co.uk/why-wbh/our-history |date=29 March 2016}}</ref> The school remained there until the [[Commission for New Towns]] forced it out of those premises as part of the development of the new town in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=66113 |publisher=Hemel Today, The Gazette|date= 2 January 2010 |title=Gadebridge House/School|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> That year the school moved to Westbrook Hay and took its present name.<ref name=":1" />
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*[[KSI (entertainer)#Personal life|Deji Olatunji]] - English Entertainer
=== Alumni ===
*[[Alex Hales]] - England Cricketer
* [[Deji Olatunji]] – English entertainer<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cricketer Schools Guide 2021 by The Cricketer – Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/thecricketermag/docs/binder2_e74d30d28b4eb2 |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=issuu.com |page=146 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Raef Bjayou]] - British entrepreneur and television presenter
*[[Alex Hales]] – English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2016 |title=Alex Hales: 10 facts about one of the rising stars of English cricket |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/alex-hales-nine-facts-about-one-of-the-rising-stars-of-english-cricket-511485 |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Luke O'Nien]] - Professional Footballer
*[[Raef Bjayou]] – British entrepreneur and television presenter<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2010 |title=Raef Bjayou: What Raef did next |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/raef-bjayou-what-raef-did-next-7085016 |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Great British Life |language=en-UK}}</ref>
*[[Luke O'Nien]] – English professional footballer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=Mark |title=Independent Schools Football Association – Notable Current Players – Men |url=https://www.isfa.org.uk/index.php/about-isfa/notable-former-players/story/404/current-professional-players |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.isfa.org.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>


==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.500race.org The 500 Owners Association, historic Formula 3]


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161112232451/http://www.boxmoortrust.org.uk/attachments/065_Orange%20Walk.pdf The Orange Walk – Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay]
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 1 June 2024

Westbrook Hay School
Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course
Location
Map
Hemel Hempstead
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Hertfordshire
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HP1 2RF

England
Coordinates51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°W / 51.7388; -0.5158
Information
TypeIndependent school
Religious affiliation(s)Anglican Church of England
Campus size26 acres (11 ha)

Westbrook Hay School is a culturally significant great house located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, that has housed the independent Westbrook Hay Prep School since 1963.

Listed building[edit]

Westbrook Hay was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family (Richard Ryder, then Granville Ryder and then Dudley Ryder)[1] until the Second World War, after which it became the headquarters of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development corporation.[2]

A Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England,[3] Westbrook Hay School is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the A41 between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.[4]

During the 1950s, the 590 m (650 yd) drive became the Westbrook Hay Hill Climb.[5] The building began housing a school in 1963, and it was listed on the National Heritage List in 1966 as "Westbrook Hay School".[3]

Prep school[edit]

Westbrook Hay Prep School is a co-educational independent school for children from rising 3–13 years. Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at Radley College, established the school in 1892 in Bedford as a boarding school for boys. It moved to Hinwick House near Wellingborough shortly thereafter, when it was named "Hinwick House School",[6] and then to Gadebridge House in Hemel Hempstead in 1914.[7] The school remained there until the Commission for New Towns forced it out of those premises as part of the development of the new town in 1963.[8] That year the school moved to Westbrook Hay and took its present name.[4]

Alumni[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Granville Ryder". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ "The Orange Walk – Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay". Box Moor Trust. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Westbrook Hay School (Grade II*) (1348435)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Welcome". Westbrook Hay Preparatory School. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.
  6. ^ Prospectus for Hinwick House School. Principal. 1905.
  7. ^ "Our history". Westbrook Hay School. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Gadebridge House/School". Hemel Today, The Gazette. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. ^ "The Cricketer Schools Guide 2021 by The Cricketer – Issuu". issuu.com. p. 146. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Alex Hales: 10 facts about one of the rising stars of English cricket". Cricket Country. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Raef Bjayou: What Raef did next". Great British Life. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  12. ^ Dickson, Mark. "Independent Schools Football Association – Notable Current Players – Men". www.isfa.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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