Spennymoor Grammar School

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Spennymoor Grammar School (also known as Alderman Wraith Grammar School, Durham Road School or Tudhoe Grange School) was a selective state school in County Durham: [1]

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History

It opened in 1922, went through several name changes and finally closed in 2015. [2] [3]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. Durham University Archives
  2. "Final moments of Spennymoor school". Wear Valley Advertiser. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. "Demolition of Durham Road School - Spennymoor". YouTube. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. "Sir Percy Cradock", Telegraph, 28 January 2010. online version
  5. Aston, Nigel (14 December 2006). "Obituary: John McManners: British Religious Historian and Expert on the Ancien Regime". The Guardian, Obituaries. p. 36. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  6. "Home - Newsquest". archive.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. Main reference for much of the information: article at Darlington and Stockton Times website.
  8. "Jmes Walford Woodward" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. 'WOODWARD, Rev. Canon James Welford', Who's Who 2017 , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2018; online edn, Jan 2018 accessed 122 Jan 2018