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The manor became known as "St
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to which boys came with their mothers' consent for the school year, and in that respect it was no different from children being sent by their parents to a boarding school".
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boys from remote areas who were attending school in the local area. He founded the St
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accommodate more boys, which it would fund on condition that the ABM agreed to take on any boy recommended by the
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