Cheltenham Ladies' College

Cheltenham in Antarctica

Cheltenham Ladies' College

England GL52 2AY, United Kingdom

Created By: Friends of The Wilson

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The Ladies’ College was the school that several of Wilson’s sisters attended and of which his father was a governor. It also has several associations with polar exploration, including the fact that it houses a field telephone, which was donated by the father of one of the pupils, a director in the company that made it, and was used by the Terra Nova expedition for making some of the earliest telephone calls in the Antarctic.

Another link with the Ladies’ College is the fact that Glyngarth School – the first preparatory school that Wilson attended and where he learned Geography, English, History, Scripture, Latin, Mathematics and French, all the subjects necessary for him to progress to a public school – is now a boarding house for the college. Now called Farnley Lodge, the building can be seen in Douro Road, not far from Christ Church.

Cross over The Promenade, where you’ll see the Town Hall almost straight ahead.

This point of interest is part of the tour: Cheltenham in Antarctica


 

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