Farfield
Farfield is one of the seven boarding houses at Gresham's, an English public school at Holt, Norfolk. It was opened in 1911, as part of a surge of renewal and expansion at Gresham's led by George Howson, and the first housemaster (Major JC Miller) and boys were transferred there from a smaller house called Bengal Lodge. Farfield is currently home to approximately fifty boys. Many former residents have achieved success or notoriety in a number of different fields. History and traditions. Farfield was the third new boarding house to be built, following the school’s move to  the Cromer Road at the beginning of the 20th century. Completed in 1911, it was shortly followed by the school chapel. The young Benjamin Britten recorded his life at Farfield in the 1920s and 1930s in his diaries. In 1929, he mentions that the house then had two "sickrooms" of its own. He commented that the Honours System was a positive failure, as "It is no good trying the Honours System on boys who have no honour." The traditions of the house include an Entertainment, held every March, which features music, sketches, and dramatic scenes. The ritual of "House Prayers  is maintained in Farfield on three evenings of the week. This is a short evening service, organised by the prefects, which consists of a hymn, a reading, and a prayer, and concludes with the familiar mantra Goodnight Boys". The symbol of Farfield is an owl. Notable old boys. Names are in chronological order. The years at Farfield (or its predecessor Bengal Lodge) are given in round brackets. Roll of honour. The Following Old Boys of Bengal Lodge and Farfield gave their lives during the Great War of 1914–1918: Armitage SW, Aveling LN, Barratt GR, Beeton RH, Biden LTGV, Brownsword DA , Cole AH, Crosse ECM, Crosse MEB, Cunnell DC, Davies LFStJ, Ellis JC, Frost GK, Johnson GB, Kirch C, Robinson HHK, Rumsby RW, Shepherd CA, Simpson JH, Thorn H, Wilson Ian Maclean & Wright JMS