Royal Grammar School Worcester: Difference between revisions

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-Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br>
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-Campus/location : Worcester
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+* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
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+** England<br><br>
+'''Campus/location''': Worcester
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 The arms were officially granted on July 24, 1961 to The Royal Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth alias Worcester Royal Grammar School.
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+the Crown represents the ‘Royal’ title in the School’s name, this was granted through two charters, the first from Elizabeth I in the 1570s and the second from Queen Victoria in the 1860s.
+The black pairs (pears) in the Chief refer to the black pairs of the arms of [[Worcester (England)|Worcester]], whilst there is no longer a black pear bearing tree on the school site, there may have been in the past.
+The three towers are also derived from the arms of the City of Worcester.
+The motto, ‘Respice et Prospice’ is generally translated by the School to mean: ‘Cherish the past and look to the future’.
+[[Literature]]: Briggs, 1971; background by Timothy Hallett
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-[[Literature]]: Briggs, 1971
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