Harrow School

Harrow School is a British public school, located in Harrow on the Hill, in North West London. It was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I to John Lyon, a local yeoman, for the provision of education to local boys (Lyon was particular about keeping Harrow single-sex, a tradition that is still maintained). Harrow currently has approximately 850 pupils spread across 11 houses, all of whom board full-time at a cost of £23,625 per year. The majority of boarding houses were constructed in Victorian times, when the number of boys increased dramatically and the school began to resemble something similar to the current institution in terms of size and uniform.

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British - Public school - Harrow on the Hill - London - 1572 - Royal Charter - Elizabeth I - John Lyon

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In keeping with the wishes of the founder, Harrow founded John Lyon School in the 1870s in order to provide education for local boys. Harrow also has a purpose-built feed school Orley Farm School, which was founded twenty years earlier than John Lyon School, in 1850.

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John Lyon School - 1870s - Orley Farm School - 1850

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It is often mentioned alongside Eton as one of Britain's two most famous public schools .

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Eton - Public schools

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