Wesley College, Sheffield

For other similarly named institutions, see Wesley College (disambiguation).

The former Wesley College, now King Edward VII School.

Wesley College, a school to educate the sons of the laity, opened in 1838 in new buildings designed by William Flockton on Glossop Road, Sheffield, England. It was founded by Rev. Samuel Dousland Waddy (1804–1876) to “supply a generally superior and classical education, combined with religious training in the principles of Methodism” and was initially called the “Wesleyan Proprietary Grammar School”.^[1] The change in name to Wesley College seems to have taken place in 1844, when a “Royal Warrant, constituting the Sheffield Wesley College a college of the University of London was forwarded to Mr Waddy (subsequently Governor, from 1844 to 1862) by Sir James Graham, which empowered the college to issue certificates to candidates for examination for the several degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts, and Bachelor and Doctor of Laws”. A year later it spurred Rev. James Gillman, William Ferguson, William Stewart and Thomas Waugh in Dublin, Ireland to consider creating a similar school in Dublin. The school accepted its first 90 boarders on 8 August 1838. By 1841 the number of pupils had increased to 172. In 1905 Wesley College was purchased by Sheffield Council and merged with Sheffield Royal Grammar School to form King Edward VII School (Upper School Site), named after the reigning monarch. The building was recently refurbished, with the addition of a sports hall and science block, as part of the BSF programme ^[2]

Headmasters of Wesley College

1837–1853	John Manners, M.A.
1853–1888	Henry McE Shera, M.A. LLD.
1888–1891	Joseph J. Findlay, M.A. Ph.D
1891–1905	Valentine W. Pearson, B.A.

Governors of Wesley College

1837–1842	Rev John McLean
1842–1844	Rev Isaac Keeling
1844–1862	Samuel Dousland Waddy
1862–?	Rev John James
	Rev John Harvard
	Rev William Jessop
1879–1888	Rev William Dallinger FRS

[Wesley College was run from 1837 to 1888 by a 'Dyarchy', comprising the Governor and the Headmaster, the Governor being the senior of the pair (in theory).]

Notable alumni of Wesley College

Samuel Danks Waddy (1830–1902) – English politician, Judge (son of Samuel Dousland Waddy, above)
Frank Wilson (1859–1918) – Premier of Western Australia
Leonard Cockayne (1855–1934) – horticulturist, botanist
Hillson Beasley (1855-1936) - Architect
Cecil Henry Wilson (1862–1945) – Labour MP for Attercliffe
William John Hale (1862-1929) - Architect
Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley, cotton merchant and Liberal politician
Robert Bownas Mackie (1820–1885) - English politician and judge

Notable teachers of Wesley College

Henry Perlee Parker (1795–1873) Drawing-master, Wesley College (1840-1844)

References

Cornwell, John (2005). King Ted's (1st ed.). King Edward VII School, Sheffield. ISBN 0-9526484-1-5.
"Parker, Henry Perlee". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

External links

Inspires founding of Wesley College, Dublin

Coordinates: 53°22′34″N 1°29′45″W / 53.3762°N 1.4957°W / 53.3762; -1.4957 (Wesley College, Sheffield)

Schools in Sheffield

Primary	Hillsborough Primary School Hinde House School Oasis Academy Don Valley Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School

Secondary	All Saints Catholic High School Birley Community College Bradfield School Chaucer School Ecclesfield School Firth Park Academy Fir Vale School Forge Valley School Handsworth Grange Community Sports College High Storrs School Hinde House School King Ecgbert School King Edward VII School Meadowhead School Newfield Secondary School Notre Dame High School Oasis Academy Don Valley Outwood Academy City Parkwood Academy Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield Springs Academy Silverdale School Stocksbridge High School Tapton School UTC Sheffield UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park Yewlands Technology College Westfield School

Independent	Ashdell Preparatory School Birkdale School Sheffield High School Westbourne School

FE & sixth form	Chapeltown Academy Longley Park Sixth Form College Sheffield College

Defunct	Abbeydale Grange School Attercliffe Academy Frecheville Comprehensive School Myers Grove School Sheffield Central Technical School Sheffield Collegiate School Sheffield Grammar School Tapton Mount School Wesley College

Listed buildings in Sheffield

Grade I	Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Works St Mary, Ecclesfield St Nicholas, Bradfield Sheffield Cathedral Town Hall

Grade II*	Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Housing Arts Tower and Library Beauchief Abbey Beauchief Hall Beehive Works Bishops' House Botanical Gardens Glasshouses Broom Hall Butchers Wheel City Hall Cornish Place Cutlers' Hall Darnall Works Ecclesfield Priory Endcliffe Hall Fair House Farmhouse General Cemetery Globe Works Green Lane Works Gateway Heritage House King Edward VII Upper School Leah's Yard Little Matlock Rolling Mill Loxley United Reformed Church Lyceum Theatre Manor Lodge Turret House Mappin Art Gallery The Mount Mount Pleasant Norton Hall Oakes Park Old Queen's Head Onesacre Hall Paradise Square Park Hill Flats St James, Midhopestones St James, Norton St John, Ranmoor St Mary, Bramall Lane St Mary the Virgin, Beighton St Paul, Wordsworth Avenue Sharrow Mills Victoria Quays Terminal Warehouse Well Meadow Street Crucible Furnace Whitley Hall Hotel Wicker Arches

Lists	City Centre S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S17 S20 S35

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