Enquiries are made

13 October 2009

Dear Mr Hyde

WELLS HOUSE SCHOOL

Thank you for your email of 12 October 2009.

We have a deposit of records relating to the above which includes school

magazines, log books, photographs, register of old boys 1870-1908,

letters, etc.  Unfortunately this collection has not been formerly

listed but I have had a brief look through and have found a prospectus

which gives a little information on the background of the school as

follows:

Wells House School was founded in 1860 and soon became one of the

foremost Prep Schools in the Country.  In former days it had the

distinction of employing Edward Elgar to teach music........We are a

small and friendly co-educational Prep School for ages 3-13........We

cater for Full Boarding, Weekly Boarding and Day Pupils......The

distinctive feature of a Wells House Education is the ease, friendship

and warmth engendered between children across the age groups, and the

development of the social as well as the academic skills which are so

essential for future success.... At the heart of the school is Chapel.

School starts each morning with an act of communal worship and we firmly

believe that the Christian teaching is formative in the moral and social

development of the Wells House child.....Wells House School has produced

famous academics, statesmen, businessmen and international sportsmen.

I am afraid I could not see anything that would help me to answer your

query relating to the school bell but I can give you details of the

depositor of the records who was also a past pupil and governor of the

school:

David Hallmark, OBE Commercial and Business Law Partner

HallmarkHulme Solicitors

3, 4 and 5 Sansome Place,

Worcester,

WR1 1UQ

Email: enquiries@hallmarkhulme.co.uk

Yours sincerely,

Fran Ricketts

Senior Archives Assistant

-----Original Message-----

From: Peter Hyde [mailto:padhyde@globalnet.co.uk] 

Sent: 12 October 2009 14:24

To: Record Office All Enquiries and Requests for Documents (ACS)

Subject: The Wells House Preparatory School for boys, Malvern

I have an old school bell that was used at The Wells House Preparatory

School for Boys.

I am trying to find out as much information as possible about this

school which I know is now closed extended if possible to actually

finding someone who can recall the use of the school bell and the

occasions for which it was rung.

Are you able to identify any information or a person or organisation

that may be able to assist me?

With thanks

Peter Hyde