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Oakhurst Cottage

Oakhurst Cottage is a tiny 16th or 17th-century cottage in Hambledon, Surrey, in the United Kingdom. It is a Grade II listed building. The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954, and occupied until 1983. It has been restored to illustrate the dwelling of a labourer in the Victorian era. History The building may have originally been a barn. The cottage as it exists now was built in the 16th or 17th century. It was occupied until the 1980s, and has since been restored and furnished to illustrate an example of a labourer's cottage. The cottage was given to the National Trust in 1954 by the Allfrey sisters but was lived in by their tenants Elsie and Ted Jeffrey until Ted's death in 1983. Its garden is filled with plants that were popular during the Victorian era. Such is its size that Oakhurst Cottage can only be viewed by appointment, and by groups of no more than six people at a time. Architecture The two-storey building has a timber frame and a tiled roof. The infill between the timbers is colourwashed brick. There is a chimney to one side and a wing at the back. In the quarry-tiled kitchen is a large brick hearth beneath an oak beam, with examples of china and household implements which may have been used in a similar house. The bedrooms are accessed by a narrow staircase into the attic. These have two gabled dormer windows with some old glass in diamond-pane leading. In the garden is an outhouse which housed the toilet, and a small barn with a collection of garden and workmen's tools. References External links Oakhurst Cottage - official site at National Trust
Oaklands Catholic School

Oaklands Roman Catholic Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form college with academy status located in Waterlooville, Hampshire. It opened in 1966, although its history can be traced back to 1902. Around 1400 students attend the main school with over 150 in the sixth form college. It has been a Specialist Humanities College since 2005. In the most recent inspection in July 2022, Oaklands Catholic School and Sixth Form College was rated “Good” by Ofsted, with inspectors noting the strong Catholic values, inclusive community and high standards of care. According to the UK government school performance data for 2022 leavers, 92% of Oaklands Catholic School pupils aged 16 to 18 progressed into further education, training or employment, compared with the England average of 80%. History Oaklands was established in Southsea as a convent school for girls (The Convent of The Cross) in 1902 by the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth William Timothy Cotter with a group of Sisters of the Cross and Passion from Boscombe, Bournemouth. The school moved into the Oaklands estate in 1947. It had previously belonged to General Sir Charles James Napier and consisted of the land around the White House up to Purbrook Way in addition to several servant houses along Stakes Hill Road. In 1959, the younger students moved into their own building, Holy Cross Junior School, which later became known as St Peter’s Catholic Primary School. The Convent of The Cross and St Teresa’s Portsmouth Catholic Grammar merged into Oaklands Convent School in 1966. In 1971, due to an urgent need for Catholic school places for both boys and girls, it became a voluntary-aided co-educational comprehensive school. Buildings The school is made up of eight houses and consists of seven different blocks, separated into different subject groups. Three new blocks were developed (Music, Humanities, sixth form) during an extensive site improvement programme; each of these were built incorporating a Christian cross in different coloured bricks. In 2012, a major refurbishment of the Maths/Science blocks was also undertaken. Uniform The school uniform was redesigned for the September 2009 academic year; the expense of the uniform caused criticism. A press release was issued claiming that many of the facts published by newspaper articles were incorrect, and that due to the controversy, the school would start a cheaper uniform shop. Notable former pupils The Convent of the Cross Michelle Magorian, novelist Oaklands Catholic School Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock, crossbench peer and former government official Jonathan Cruddas, politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham from 2001 to 2024 Comedians Flo and Joan (Rosie and Nicola Dempsey) Caroline Dinenage, politician, MP for Gosport from 2010 Martin Montague, businessperson Penny Mordaunt, politician, MP for Portsmouth North from 2010 to 2024. James Ward-Prowse, footballer References External links Homepage – Oaklands Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Oaklands Community School

Oaklands Community School was a mixed comprehensive school in west Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The school served the Lordshill community from 1983 to 2008 for 11 to 16-year-olds. In its later years during 2005 and 2008 it became a specialist Arts College. The most recent Ofsted inspection was 27 September 2004, when the school was praised, the introduction to the report reading "Oaklands Community School is a very good school. Its exceptional egalitarian ethos ensures that all students are treated with care, respect and encouragement. Very strong leadership, a commitment to equality of opportunity, improvement and raised standards combined with a good quality of education for all students result in a school which provides good value for money." According to the Department of Education performance tables, the school obtained the fourth-highest CVA score in the city. This is a new, complex Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 contextual value added (CVA) score designed to show the progress children have made. This is done by comparing their achievements with those of other pupils nationally who had the same or similar prior attainment in their test results at age 10 or 11 in 2001. History The school was built on a seven-acre site, with a mixture of English tithe barn, with strong Japanese influences. The original cost in 1980 was thought to be £1.2 million, however this doubled to £2.4 million. The school opened in September 1982, though it was officially opened by Anne, Princess Royal the following year in May 1983. The first year, the school saw 400 pupils enroll, with the capacity of the school being 720. The school closed in August 2008. The premises became the upper school site for Oasis Academy Lord's Hill which has since moved to a new dedicated building. At the same time Millbrook Community School became the lower school site. The school buildings have been demolished apart from the pool and community hall. The land now has planning permission for 103 new homes. The swimming pool was closed in July 2012 after a leak was found. The Labour council leaders consulted over whether or not it would be economically viable to get it repaired at a cost of £500,000. On 14 February 2014, the work needed to repair and reopen Oaklands swimming pool was approved at a cost of £1.7 million funded by Southampton City Council. The pool was reopened in January 2015. Dr. Peter Hollis was the longest running head teacher at Oaklands Community School starting in September 1982, after transferring from Shirley Warren Secondary School until he retired in August 2006. Mrs Sarah Howelles took over until the school closed in 2008. References External links Official Website Lordshill Community Centre Oaklands Swimming Pool
Oakley Church of England Junior School

Oakley Church of England Junior School was founded in 1962 and is a junior school that serves the village of Oakley, Hampshire, England. It has multiple facilities, including an outdoor swimming pool, IT suite, copse and a school choir that regularly participates in events at the Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke . The feeder school is Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College. On 10 January 2012 the school turned 50 years old, which was celebrated by all students and teachers. "Death Is the Only Answer" A script for a Doctor Who mini-episode was written by students of the school as part of a Doctor Who competition (Script to Screen). Some children won the competition and had it shown on Doctor Who Confidential. The children are now the youngest people to have written a Doctor Who episode. References External links Official website
Oakley Hall, Staffordshire

Oakley Hall is an early 18th century 14,929 sf mansion house at Oakley, Staffordshire, England, in the parish of Mucklestone, near the Shropshire town of Market Drayton. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Chetwode family who from about the 13th century owned the Chetwode Manor estate in Buckinghamshire also held the manor of Oakley. There was a substantial manor house at Oakley in the 16th century. In about 1710 Sir John Chetwode, Baronet, (High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1691 and 1698) replaced the old house with a two-storey mansion. The house is built of brick on a sandstone plinth with a balustraded entrance front of eleven bays, the central three of which were pedimented. Two sphinx-like statues with female heads flank the main entrance. The 1881 census discloses the 6th Baronet and his family in residence with a staff of fifteen servants. The Chetwodes sold the estate in 1919. It was already by then in the family of Cyril Charles Dennis, High Sheriff of Staffordshire (wife Mary Scott Dennis [nee Macfie], who kept 21 members of staff and was responsible for putting central heating throughout the hall. He had sons, both seriously injured before and during World War II: Ian and Lance (Spitfire V pilot) (grandsons: Honourable Professor Royal Biology Society Dr Roger L H Dennis [Internationally recognised butterfly biologist, and who saved a boy's life in the Teign estuary in 1959 when only 10 years old] and Cyril T H Dennis [Veterinary Surgeon and Oriental ceramics expert]), daughters Mary [grandson: Martin Peel Esq. and Primrose) until 1948 when he retired to the dower house, Park House Villa in the grounds where he died in 1964). The family holds two coats of Arms, the Dennis Family reflecting their link with the Norman Conquest and being bestowed lands by William I; and his wife a descendant of the Kings of Dalriada. Her great-great-grandfather, Provost of Leith, was the first person to greet a Georgian king (George IV) to Scotland. Her family motto is Pro Rege though he respectfully turned down a hereditary baronetcy. The Dennis family motto is suaviter sed fortiter; they built their fortunes in the 18th and 19th centuries in the chemical industry (Bordeaux Mixture and sugar industry) and were responsible for the construction of Truro Cathedral main tower in 1904. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire Listed buildings in Loggerheads, Staffordshire References Chetwode pedigree from Stirnet Staffordshire Past Track 1881 census records
Oakley Hall

Oakley Hall é um palácio rural privado, de inícios do século XVIII, localizado em Mucklestone, Market Drayton, no Staffordshire, Inglaterra. É um listed building classificado com o Grau II. História A família Chetwode, que, desde o século XIII, possuia a propriedade de Chetwode, no Buckinghamshire, também detinha o solar de Oakley. Em Oakley existia um solar de dimensões consideráveis no século XVI. Por volta de 1710, o Baronete Sir John Chetwode, (Alto Xerife de Staffordshire em 1691 e 1698) substituiu a velha casa por um palácio de dois pisos, cuja frente de entrada, com balaustrada, tinha onze secções, sendo as três centrais encimadas por um frontão. Os census de 1881 registam o 6º Baronete e a sua família como residentes no palácio, com uma equipa de quinze criados. Os Chetwode venderam a propriedade em 1919. Geralmente, o palácio não está aberto ao público, mas está disponível, por combinação, para funções corporativas, conferências e outros eventos do género. Ligações externas Chetwode pedigree no Stirnet Staffordshire Past Track Registo dos census de 1881
Oak Academy

Oak Academy (formerly Oakmead College of Technology) is a co-educational secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in the English county of Dorset. History Previously a foundation school administered by Bournemouth Borough Council, in December 2012 Oakmead College of Technology converted to academy status and was renamed Oak Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Ambitions Academies Trust due to a legacy of low expectations and low exam outcomes for students. The current OFSTED rating is "Requires Improvement." The school previously operated a sixth Form provision, but it was suspended in July 2018 due to low pupil numbers. In September 2012 the school was the temporary location of the new LeAF Studio before the studio school was relocated to its own building in September 2013. On 23 November 2023, work began on the complete redevelopment of the school site. The plans will see a phased demolition of the existing buildings, excluding the LeAF Studio School sports hall, to replace them with a single block for all subjects. Buildings The school is divided into blocks A and B (the original girls' and boys' schools). A Block contains the following curriculum areas: English and Science, French & Spanish, Health & Social Care, Business and a media classroom. It also contains an assembly hall (hall A), a playground, the sports hall, one IT room, eight science labs, the library and two modern foreign language rooms. B Block contains other curriculum areas: Geography, History, ICT & Computer Science, Drama, Music and Design & Technology, Sociology and Psychology. There are 5 Design & Technology rooms — one Food Technology room, one Resistant Materials room, one Graphics room, one Art room and one Electronics room. This section of the school also contains four ICT rooms, one Music room, another assembly hall (hall B), a playground, the canteen, the Inclusion Support Centre, and the main administrative offices. A recently refurbished block now houses all of the Maths lessons delivered at the academy. References External links Oak Academy official website Ambitions Academies Trust official website
The Burgess Hill Academy

The Burgess Hill Academy (formerly Oakmeeds Community College) is a co-educational secondary school located in central Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England. It is the oldest secondary school located in Burgess Hill, located within the town centre. History Oakmeeds was created as a County Secondary School in 1958 and became a comprehensive school in 1971. Oakmeeds took its name from the oak trees in the school grounds, running along the path of a Roman road, and from Meeds Pottery, which stood there before Oakmeeds was built. It mainly serves Burgess Hill; but also has students from nearby villages, including Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint, as well as the City of Brighton and Hove area, and Haywards Heath, to the north. Oakmeeds celebrated its semicentennial in 2005. Previously a community school administered by West Sussex County Council, in September 2016 Oakmeeds Community College converted to academy status and renamed The Burgess Hill Academy. The school is now sponsored by the University of Brighton Academies Trust. In 2024, there were 1086 students attending the academy, currently rated 'Good' by Ofsted. Teaching The academy boasts a wide range of curriculum subjects on offer, and has a wealth of facilities available for students to utilise. This includes a fully equipped drama studio, sports hall, All Weather sports ground and gym area. There is also a dedicated special educational needs facility on site - known as The Haven, providing extra support for SEND students. Notable former pupils Will Wood, footballer References External links The Burgess Hill Academy official website The West Sussex County Council information site
Oakmere Hall

Oakmere Hall is a large house to the southwest of the villages of Cuddington and Sandiway, Cheshire, England, near the junction of the A49 and A556 roads. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was originally a private house and later became a rehabilitation centre and hospital. It has since been divided into residential apartments. History The house is dated 1867 and was designed by John Douglas. It was the most ambitious of Douglas' early works and one of the largest houses he designed. Douglas also designed the two entrance lodges. It had been built for John & Thomas Johnson, merchants and chemical manufacturers of Runcorn. However they lost all their ships in the blockade of Charleston in 1865 and subsequently became bankrupt. The house was bought from them by John Higson, a Liverpool merchant, who became the house's first resident. He was followed by John Hayes Higson and then by Captain William Higson, the head of Higson's Brewery in Liverpool. The last owner was Charles James Lamb, a shipping merchant in Manchester who died in 1942. In 1943 the house was bought by the Miners’ Welfare Commission and it became a rehabilitation centre for injured miners. In 1951 it became part of the National Health Service, initially for rehabilitation for people injured in industrial accidents, and later for rehabilitation for all groups of people, including children. It has been converted into flats. Architecture Exterior The house is built in freestone from Lancashire in French Gothic style with roofs of Westmorland slate. It is in two storeys with a nine-bay west (garden) front. The entrance is behind a two-storey porte-cochère which has been finished as a gatehouse. This is flanked by octagonal pilasters which end as turrets and on the first floor there is an oriel window. At the right of the west (entrance) front is a circular projection with a tall conical roof and at the left end is an octagonal turret with a tall pyramidal roof. The east front includes a massive three-storey tower with an embattled parapet and a truncated pyramidal roof with a wrought iron balustrade. The tower has an additional octagonal turret. Interior In the original ground-floor plan, the porte-cochère led into the entrance hall with the staircase hall on its right. To the right of these were two drawing rooms and in front of halls, overlooking the garden, was the dining room. To the left were the servants' quarters with a billiard room at the extreme left on the first floor. Considerable alterations were made in the 20th century to the interior of the house to adapt it for its later purposes. See also Listed buildings in Oakmere List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas References
Oaks Park (London)

Oaks Park is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane (A2022), and on the east by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to the west and north. History The park was substantially laid out for the Earl of Derby in the 1770s and changes were made for John Burgoyne in the 1790s for the existing villa (built around 1750 for one Thomas Gosling). The fashionable landscape style was employed with trees forming a perimeter screen and placed in artful clumps to suggest a natural landscape. The house, which was partly rebuilt by Robert Taylor (architect) for John Burgoyne in 1775 and by Robert Adam for the 12th Earl of Derby in 1790, was demolished between 1956 and 1960 but the bakehouse, stable block and some outbuildings remain. Carshalton and District History and Archaeology Society carried out an archaeological investigation in July 2009. The Oaks horserace The estate lent its name to the Oaks horserace which was inaugurated by the Earl in 1779 and is run annually during the Derby meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse, about 4 miles to the west. The original Oaks Race ran from Barrow Hedges, north of The Oaks and through Oaks Park before heading west to approximately the site of the current Epsom Downs Racecourse. Part of the off-road route still exists. Recreation There is a public golf course and sports centre forming part of the open space. The park itself contains a craft centre, a café and a downland countryside walk. The Oaks Sport Centre has a public golf course and a new indoor climbing and caving centre. There is a bridle path that goes around the perimeter of the park for riding, cycling, and walking. The park is on a section of the National Cycle Network (Route 20). A leisure trail along the River Wandle from Wandsworth, starts two miles away from the park at Carshalton and is available from the Sustrans website. The Wandle–Oaks Link joins the park to the Wandle Trail. Section 6 of the London Loop enters the park. South of the park and close to Croydon Lane is the Mayfield Lavender Field. The field is spectacular during the midsummer months, filling the park with lavender aroma. Local transport The nearest railway station to the park is at Carshalton Beeches, which is less than a mile walk along Woodmansterne Road. Trains serve various places in South London from here. The 166 bus route serves the park at the Croydon Lane end of the park. The bus route serves Banstead, Purley, and Croydon. See also Carshalton Park Grove Park Notes External links Oaks Park Sports Centre A local guide to the North Downs Map of area from Streetmap Carshalton & District History & Archeology Society The Oaks Park Mansion House Report on an excavation in July 2009
Oaktree Arena

The Oaktree Arena was a speedway racing track located near Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is 300 metres (330 yd) in length, with banking around the edge for spectators and is built alongside the M5 motorway. There is also a restaurant used for weddings and events. It is also used for property auctions, car boot sales, a golf driving range and a boxing gym. History The speedway track, which was constructed in 1999 by Australian speedway rider Glyn Taylor, opened for speedway in time for the Somerset Rebels team to race in the Conference League. The Somerset Rebels team were founded by promoter Andy Hewlett and entered the 2000 Speedway Conference League. Hewlett had been searching for a venue in Somerset to host speedway for some time, when he was offered the site by a local farmer who had hosted banger meetings (cars) there a couple of times. Prior to the 2009 speedway season, the Somerset rebels team was purchased by Bill Hancock the owner, of the Oaktree Arena. In 2021, following difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the venue was closed by the owners, the Hancock family. References External links Oak Tree Arena official website
Oakwood School, Horley

Oakwood School is a community secondary school located in Horley, Surrey, England. It is co-educational and caters for students in the 11–16 age range, as it has no sixth form. It has approximately 1500 students, and as it is the only secondary school in Horley, it is expected to grow further in size. History Oakwood was opened in 1989 following the merger of Court Lodge Comprehensive (shut down on 31 August 1989) and Horley Comprehensive (Secondary Modern) School. Its Headteachers have been: Andy Thompson: 1989 - 2007 Sue Child: 2007 - 2015 Simon Potten: 2015 - 2023 Jon Gladstone: 2023–Present Ofsted It is currently rated Good as of November 2013. Facilities The school has a sports centre called Oakwood Sports Centre, with a range of halls for different activities, as well as a fitness gym. It also has a full size astroturf football pitch, as well as 2 five-a-side astroturf pitches as well. The new Andy Thompson Wing was also recently built to accommodate the growing number of students enrolled in the school. The school also hosts the Horley detachment of the Army Cadet Force. Extended confederation Oakwood is a founder member of the Horley Learning Partnership, an extended confederation which incorporates the Horley SureStart Children’s Centre. Notable alumni Guntur Dwiarmein, Taekwondo's youngest ever UK Champion Robert Emms, actor Suzanna Kempner, stand-up comedian Faye White, former captain of England women's national football team References External links School website