Schools

The six old schools: Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Charterhouse, Westminster, and Rugby.

⁂ Some add St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylorsʹ, and Shrewsbury.

The six modern schools: Marlborough, Wellington, Clifton, Cheltenham, Repton, and Haileybury.

⁂ Charterhouse has been removed to the hills of Surrey.

St. Paul’s has migrated to the West End.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.