A Brief Sketch of the History of Ipswich School, 1477 - 1861.
By Nina Layard. (W. E. Harrison, Ipswich. ls.)—We cannot epitomise the interesting argument by which Miss Layard proves the antiquity of Ipswich School. Perhaps it is most easily under- stood by a reference to the buildings that have been successively used as its habitat. In 1482 it was located in St. Edmund Pountney Lane (Foundation Street, where the house still exists in substance). Then in 1529 it was moved to Cardinal College. The College being dissolved, the King directed that "the sub. dean, schoolmaster, usher, and six grammar children" should still be kept. In 1566 it was moved to the chapel of the Black Friars. In 1763 it migrated to their refectory. In 1842 it found a temporary abode in Lower Brook Street. In 1852 its present handsome dwelling in the Henley Road was opened. The writer of this brochure deserves well of Ipswich folk and others.
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