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Friars School, Bangor

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Shoddy building practices of the 1960s meant that the Eithinog building had to be almost completely rebuilt over the following few decades. These were gradually replaced and expanded, until the whole school was able to relocate to Eithinog in 1999. The final contract for completing the school was
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The school logo and badge is a double-headed black eagle on a yellow shield. This was taken from the arms of the Glyn family of Glynllifon, in the mistaken impression that these were the arms of Geoffrey Glyn. Despite this error (Geoffrey Glyn's arms having been three saddles), the double-headed
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In moving to the Ffriddoedd site, the intention had been to move out to the countryside. After the typhoid outbreak, and with the unsanitary condition of the lower Adda valley, Ffriddoedd was seen as a healthy rural alternative. However, the development of the city was to catch up. To preserve a
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The school's fortunes were varied. The move boosted the school, but by the middle of the 19th century, under the headship of Totton, the schools' reputation suffered, and ultimately lost so many pupils that it was forced to close in 1861. It re-opened in 1866 and a new headmaster,
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introduced a state system of secondary education in Wales. Some charity and private schools were exempted from its provisions and there had been advocates for Friars, too, to be exempted, but ultimately this brought Friars School into the state system, under
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inspection report in 2017, almost 70% of pupils could speak Welsh to some degree and about 16% of pupils were fluent in Welsh. The school is currently categorised by Welsh Government as a predominantly English-medium secondary school with significant use of
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little of that rural idyll as the area developed, R. L. Archer, a former chairman of the governors, in 1955 bequeathed to the school a small plot of land. Known as "Dr. Archer's plot", this was to be planted with flowers and kept for ever green.
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With contributions from Caernarfonshire County Council, the proceeds of selling the old site, together with a public appeal for funds, a new school was built on Ffriddoedd Road for a cost of £11,600. The architect was
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medium for the lower years, while the Ffriddoedd building was the location of the English language medium lower years. The senior years came together at a new building, built for £300,000 on a new site at Eithinog.
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squadron was granted the number '1557' in recognition of the school's year of foundation. The Air Cadets squadron, which is still located within the school ground is officially known as '1557 (Friars) Squadron'.
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Traces of the older sites are seen in names of streets: Friars Avenue, Glynne Road, and building: Friars Terrace, Glyn House. A plaque on houses in Glynne Road records the site of the 1789 buildings.
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A significant reorganisation in 1971 combined three schools – Friars School, the Bangor County School for Girls (also a grammar school), and Deiniol School, a co-educational
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to avoid the disease. The bottom of the valley, especially close to the river, was unhygienic, and this episode engendered consideration of moving away to a fresh site.
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only. The boys who benefited were not the most poor, but of the middle class preparing for a career in the priesthood or the law like Geoffrey Glyn himself.
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was formed as an 11–18 Welsh medium school on the Tryfan site. Friars School became a mainly English-medium school on Ffriddoedd and Eithinog sites.
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In 1957, several events commemorated the fourth centenary of the school. A new stained glass window was installed in the building to mark the event.
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These symbols, which once graced the caps and blazers of grammar school boys, are today seen on polo shirts and sweatshirts of the modern school.
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as the corporation to govern the school. In 1568, statutes were adopted to regulate the schools, based closely on the statutes of
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Although a school had been meeting in the city before this date, the new school was only formally established when it received
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Up to 1971, Friars had been a grammar school for boys. As a grammar school, education was selective, boys having to pass the
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The school was maintained from income on the endowments left by Geoffrey Glyn and later benefactors, mainly rents on land in
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The curriculum slowly developed to include mathematics, writing and other subject more familiar to today's school students.
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The school has been established to provide a free grammar school education for the boys of the poor. This comprised a
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appointed in 1872, when a new secular governing body was introduced in place of the dean and chapter.
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The school colours are black and yellow, the black deriving from the dress of the Black Friars.
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It is a comprehensive school for the 11–18 age group, and draws pupils from a wide area around
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competition since 2007. The 1st team reached the national final after winning the regional in
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In that year, the former Friars building at Ffriddoedd was sold to further education college
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Friars School, Bangor 1557–2007: The Effect of the Reformation on Education in North Wales
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Mostly reprinting earlier articles referred to here, but with some new material.
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Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index
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of Douglas & Minishull, and builders Messrs. James Hamilton & son of
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Friars School also competed in the Welsh Cup competition during the 1870s.
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Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B.; Goldman, L., eds. (23 September 2004),
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Since 1999, the present school has been united on the Eithinog site.
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map of 1610, the only surviving image of the original school building
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List of non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas
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Some Passing Thoughts on the Early History of Friars School, Bangor
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The school continued in the old friary, close to the banks of the
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W. Ogwen Williams in Jones & Haworth (eds.)(1957), pp.34–36
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on 12 April 1899, and the building was opened in December 1900
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Friars School Ffriddoedd building, site of the school 1900–1999
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The Ffriddoedd building has lasted well and is now a Grade II
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W. Ogwen Williams in Jones & Haworth (eds.)(1957), p.29
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A further reorganisation in 1978 split the school in two:
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Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006).
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A service of commemoration and thanksgiving was held in
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The free grammar school of Geoffrey Glyn, Doctor of Laws
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Gwenan Edwards – Television presenter and journalist
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Eames in Jones & Haworth (eds.)(1957), pp.66–68
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