A particular ‘mention in despatches’ is due to Jane Lilly for contributing many of the documents in the list below.
I would also like to thank my wife Deborah for the exercise of her technical skills in the construction of these pages and the configuration of the documents from the original papers and images into PDF format.
A Short History of Walton Lodge and the Old Walton Lodge Society 1952
The addendum to this document is the result of subsequent information coming to light regarding an inaccuracy within the text. A more detailed explanation is provided in the Appendix on page 4 of ‘School History – Walton Lodge Preparatory School, Clevedon’, listed below.
St Mary’s Church, Walton, Clevedon – Memorial Window to Walter Cornish
Photographs of Walton Lodge circa 1885
A collection of photographs taken from an unidentified publication in the late 19th century.
Map of Walton Lodge School and Playground 1893
Includes supporting notes.
Walton Lodge (Clevedon) Register
This booklet, published in 1934, lists all pupils at the school from its inception in the 1860s until 1894.
Amended 22 August 2023
Dr Basil Harwood – Recollections of Walton Lodge Preparatory School
Dr Harwood, a noted organist and musician, attended the school 1871-1872. His recollections are of interest in the context of several of the other documents in this list.
Amended 21 August 2023
Letter from the Reverend Stephen Cornish 1895
This letter was sent following his retirement as Headmaster in 1894 to John Northmore, a former pupil at the school.
Note: John Northmore appears in the Official School Photograph 1885, to which his notes on the pupils and staff are attached.
Interior Photographs of Walton Lodge Preparatory School (undated)
Including an account of damage suffered by the school during WW II.
Amended 21 August 2023
Walton Lodge – January 1912-December 1917
Recollections by an unidentified author of this period in the school’s history.
Old Walton Lodge Society – List of Members 1934
The list is supplemented by handwritten notes identifying some of the more prestigious pupils from former years.
Letter and Notes by Mr R F Gwinn re Walton Lodge Preparatory School
Sent in 1951 by Mr R F Gwinn (Headmaster 1921-1948) to Mr L G Holmes (Headmaster 1949-1971).
Please note the comment at the foot of page 3 relating to ‘School History – Walton Lodge Preparatory School, Clevedon’, listed below.
Letter (post-1950) from Headmaster to All Old Boys of Walton Lodge
An open letter from Mr L G Holmes. The fourth paragraph is of particular interest, as it describes the introduction of automatic membership of the OWLS rather than on a subscription-only basis.
School History – Walton Lodge Preparatory School, Clevedon
Typewritten notes by an unidentified author. The Appendix of this document is of particular importance in relation to the other histories of the school available on this site.
Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet
An account of a possible sporting world record set at Walton Lodge in the 1880s.
Peter William Olber Mould
A first for Walton Lodge in 1939.
Old Walton Lodge Society Notice of Final Annual General Meeting 1971
Notice of the last ever Annual General Meeting of the Old Walton Lodge Society.
Laurence V Latham 