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APPENDIX 1
THE CHARLES HAMILTON SCHOOLS
The following list is based on the list originally compiled by Bill Lofts & Derek Adley for The Men Behind Boys’ Fiction, updated and corrected where further information is known.
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SCHOOL (and byline used) |
FIRST APPEARANCE |
DATE |
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Kenyons Academy |
Worlds Comic 404 |
Mar 28, 1900 |
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St. Cecilia’s School |
Larks 379 |
Jul 30, 1900 |
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Professor Crammer’s School for Young Gentlemen |
Larks 436 |
Sep 2, 1901 |
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Redclyffe (by Charles Hamilton, Ridley Redway) |
Best Budget 8 |
May 3, 1902 |
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Cliff House (1) |
Marvel 1/503 |
Jun 27, 1903 |
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St. Olaf’s |
Halfpenny Comic |
Jul 8, 1904 |
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St. Winifred’s (1) |
Marvel 2/56 |
Feb 18, 1905 |
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St. Jim’s (1) |
Halfpenny Comic |
Feb18, 1905 |
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St. Cynthia’s (by Charles Hamilton) |
Union Jack 76 |
Mar 25, 1905 |
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Castlemoor School |
Funny Cuts 774 |
May 6, 1905 |
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Clavering (1) (by Charles Hamilton) |
Pluck 38 |
Jul 29, 1905 |
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St. Tim’s |
Boys’ Herald 114 |
Sep 23, 1905 |
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Fernley (by Charles Hamilton) |
Union Jack 106 |
Oct 21, 1905 |
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Westmoor |
Boys’ Friend 242 |
Jan 27, 1906 |
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St. Meg’s |
Halfpenny Comic |
Mar 24, 1906 |
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Clyffe |
Boys’ Realm 200 |
Mar 31, 1906 |
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Chilcote |
Boys’ Friend 252 |
Apr 10, 1906 |
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Croft Abbey School |
Boys’ Realm 202 |
Apr 14, 1906 |
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Clivedale School (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 211 |
Jun 16, 1906 |
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Chumley School |
Halfpenny Comic |
Jun 30, 1906 |
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Northmoor |
Pluck 94 |
Aug 25, 1906 |
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Rookwood (1) |
Pluck 96 |
Sep 8, 1906 |
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St. Edith’s |
Boys’ Friend 274 |
Sep 8, 1906 |
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St. Ethelbert’s |
Boys’ Realm 223 |
Sep 8, 1906 |
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St. Hilda’s (1) (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 229 |
Sep 22, 1906 |
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Melthorpe |
Pluck 101 |
Oct 13, 1906 |
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Carbrooke (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 231 |
Nov 3, 1906 |
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Lyndale |
Pluck 105 |
Nov 10, 1906 |
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St. Jim’s (2) (by Charles Hamilton, Martin Clifford) |
Pluck 106 |
Nov 17, 1906 |
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St. Oliver’s |
Funny Cuts 855 |
Nov 24, 1906 |
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Headland School |
Marvel 150 |
Dec 8, 1906 |
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St. Kit’s (by Charles Hamilton) |
Pluck 116 |
Jan 26, 1907 |
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Carnforth (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 244 |
Feb 2, 1907 |
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St. Egbert’s (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 245 |
Feb 9, 1907 |
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Grayle College |
Smiles 42 |
Feb 12, 1907 |
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St. Hilda’s (2) |
Smiles 44 |
Feb 26, 1907 |
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Clivedale (2) |
Smiles 45 |
Mar 5, 1907 |
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St. Freda’s (1) (by Charles Hamilton) |
Smiles 46 |
Mar 12, 1907 |
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Dormer College, Oxford |
Boys’ Realm 250 |
Mar 16, 1907 |
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St. Winifred’s (2) |
Funny Cuts 872 |
Mar 19, 1907 |
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Greyfriars School (1) |
Smiles 47 |
Mar 19, 1907 |
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St. Kit’s (2) |
Smiles 48 |
Mar 26, 1907 |
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Clavering (2) (by Martin Clifford) |
Gem 1/3 |
Mar 30, 1907 |
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Swarthmoor College |
Smiles 52 |
Apr 23, 1907 |
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Northcote (by Charles Hamilton) |
Vanguard 1 |
May 4, 1907 |
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Northorpe |
Smiles 55 |
May 14, 1907 |
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Norchester Board School (by Charles Hamilton) |
Vanguard 7 |
Jun 15, 1907 |
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Friardale School |
Smiles 60 |
Jun 18, 1907 |
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Larkshall College (by Gordon Conway) |
Vanguard 13 |
Jul 27, 1907 |
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Netherby |
Marvel 185 |
Aug 10, 1907 |
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Cliveden (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Herald 223 |
Oct 26, 1907 |
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St. Seriol’s College |
Smiles 81 |
Nov 12, 1907 |
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St. Ronan’s (1) (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 285 |
Nov 16, 1907 |
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St. Kate’s (1) (by Charles Hamilton, Frank Drake) |
Vanguard 33 |
Dec 17, 1907 |
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Blackdale School |
Boys’ Friend Library 36 |
Jan 1908 |
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Beachwood Academy |
Marvel 208 |
Jan 18, 1908 |
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St. Friar’s |
Boys’ Realm 297 |
Feb 8, 1908 |
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Greyfriars (2) (by Frank Richards) |
Magnet 1 |
Feb 15, 1908 |
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St. Ronan’s |
Funny Cuts 920 |
Feb 18, 1908 |
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Birchemwell House |
Smiles 99 |
Mar 17, 1908 |
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Winwood College |
Boys’ Realm 312 |
May 13, 1908 |
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St. John’s |
Diamond Library 36 |
Jun 1908 |
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Cranmere |
Diamond Library 39 |
Jul 1908 |
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St. Winifred’s (3) |
Boys’ Friend Library 67 |
Dec 1908 |
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St. Freda’s (2) |
Boys’ Realm 346 |
Jan 16, 1909 |
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Mornington |
Boys’ Realm 368 |
Jun 19, 1909 |
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St. Dorothy’s (by Charles Hamilton) |
Boys’ Realm 370 |
Jul 3, 1909 |
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Highcliffe School (1) |
Boys’ Realm 371 |
Jul 10, 1909 |
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Chigville School |
Vanguard 124 |
Sep 14, 1909 |
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Pelham |
Boys’ Realm Football Library 1 |
Sep 18, 1909 |
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Ravensbourne College |
Picture Fun 35 |
Oct 12, 1909 |
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Clarence College |
Picture Fun 38 |
Nov 2, 1909 |
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Dugdale College |
Picture Fun 40 |
Nov 16, 1909 |
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Rylcombe Grammar School (by Prosper Howard) |
Empire Library 1 |
Feb 19, 1910 |
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St. Cuthbert’s |
Picture Fun 57 |
Mar 15, 1910 |
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St. Michael’s |
Picture Fun 59 |
Mar 29, 1910 |
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St. Tim’s |
Picture Fun 61 |
Apr 12, 1910 |
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St. Denny’s |
Picture Fun 62 |
Apr 19, 1910 |
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St. Steve’s |
Picture Fun 63 |
Apr 26, 1910 |
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St. Mick’s |
Picture Fun 75 |
Jul 19, 1910 |
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St. Andrew’s |
Picture Fun 88 |
Oct 18, 1910 |
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St. Freda’s (3) |
Empire Library 2/1 |
Oct 29, 1910 |
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St. Wode’s (by Charles Hamilton) |
Empire Library 2/12 |
Jan 14, 1911 |
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St. Mary’s |
Picture Fun 105 |
Feb 14, 1911 |
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Headland College |
Picture Fun 112 |
Apr 4, 1911 |
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St. Luke’s |
Picture Fun 116 |
May 2, 1911 |
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St. Dennis’s |
Picture Fun 122 |
Jun 13, 1911 |
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Clifton College |
Funny Cuts 136 |
Jun 20, 1911 |
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Banleigh |
Funny Cuts 139 |
Jul 11, 1911 |
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Courtfield Council School |
Chuckles 1 |
Jan 10, 1914 |
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St. Mildred’s |
Picture Fun 303 |
Nov 28, 1914 |
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Highcliffe (2) (by Frank Richards) |
Boys’ Friend Library 288 |
Jan 1915 |
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Rookwood (by Owen Conquest) |
Boys’ Friend Weekly 715 |
Feb 20, 1915 |
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Cedar Creek (by Martin Clifford) |
Boys’ Friend Weekly 845 |
Aug 18, 1918 |
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Cliff House (2) (by Hilda Richards) |
School Friend 1 |
May 17, 1919 |
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Benbow, the Floating School (by Owen Conquest) |
Greyfriars Herald 2/1 |
Nov 1, 1919 |
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St. Kit’s (3) (by Clifford Clive, Frank Richards) |
School & Sport 1 |
Dec 17, 1921 |
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St. Benedict’s |
Jack’s Paper |
Nov 21, 1922 |
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Grimslade (by Frank Richards) |
Ranger 81 |
Aug 27, 1932 |
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Packsaddle (by Frank Richards) |
Gem 1405 |
Jan 19, 1935 |
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High Combe (by Charles Hamilton) |
Modern Boy 371 |
Mar 16, 1935 |
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Oakshott (by Charles Hamilton) |
Modern Boy 462 |
Dec 12, 1936 |
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Bendover |
Pilot 72 |
Feb 13, 1937 |
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Carcroft (by Frank Richards) |
Hutchinson’s "Pie" |
Dec 1944 |
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Sparshott (by Frank Richards) |
Sparshott Series |
Dec 1945 |
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Headland House (by Hilda Richards) |
Headland House Series |
Mar 1946 |
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Topham (by Frank Richards) |
Mascot Series |
Dec 1946 |
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St. Olive’s (by Hilda Richards) |
Mascot Series |
Dec 1946 |
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Lynwood (by Frank Richards) |
Lynwood Series |
1949 |
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Tipdale (by Frank Richards) |
"The Fourth Form at Lynwood" |
1949 |
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High Lynn (by Hilda Richards) |
High Lynn Series |
1949 |
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Barcroft (by Frank Richards; poems) |
Poetry London |
May 1949 |
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Felgate (by Frank Richards) |
Raymond Glendenning Book of Sport No.1 |
Sep 1949 |
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Cunliffe School (by Frank Richards) |
Feathered Friends |
Jan 1950 |
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UNPUBLISHED SCHOOLS |
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Ferndale |
(character named Tom Bright) |
(written c1946) |
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Oakhurst |
(character named Harry Trent) |
(written c1946) |
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St. Kate’s (2) (by Hilda Richards) |
(created for "The Girls of St. Kate’s") |
(written c1949) |
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© 2001
Last revised: 25 July 2001