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Cranborne Chase School was an independent boarding school for girls, and was located in the English counties of Dorset and (later) Wiltshire, between 1946 and 1990. History. Cranborne Chase School opened in 1946 at Crichel House in the village of Moor Crichel in Dorset, England.
Cranborne Chase School, a former boarding school for girls, was based at two locations in Cranborne Chase: at Crichel House near the village of Moor Crichel in Dorset from 1946 to 1961, and then at New Wardour Castle in the settlement of Wardour (near the village of Tisbury) in Wiltshire, until the School's closure in 1990.
Jun 9, 2023 · Cranborne Chase School was an independent boarding school for girls in the English counties of Dorset and (later) Wiltshire, between 1946 and 1990. Contents. History. Wardour facilities. Notable former pupils. Aftermath. References. External links. History.
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Apr 30, 2019 · In 1946, the empty house was let to Cranborne Chase School. After Oxford, Mary Anna married Toby Marten and, together, they embarked on reviving the estate. In 1954, they secured a famous victory, retrieving land on Crichel Down that had been compulsorily requisitioned for war-training purposes.
In 1961 New Wardour Castle became the home of Cranborne Chase School, which built new classrooms, studio dormitories, and a dining-room extension on the south-eastern side of the main house, along with three staff houses to the west. The school eventually closed in 1990.
Found these photos I was commissioned to take when still in my teens for one of the last school prospectuses with the help of Roxanna Panufnik’s mum Camilla. All very staged- we know how it really was!!!
