The Rugby Racket

@Frederic it is a very interesting and very useful book. Does your copy have uncut pages? Also register entries for Lee-Warner and Clayton.

@Frederic 😂

School House XX 1864 #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #ExploreYourArchive

The XI of 1892 Rugby School has been keeping records of it's cricket teams and match scores since 1831. The cricket season often began in March. #HBAHHealthAndFitness.

Nine House Caps, showing the following-up caps c1850-1870, anon. Today there are eight boys’ and seven girls' Houses. Houses were permanently named from the 1930s and 1940s. Only School House and Tow…

#ThrowbackThursday to The Festival on The Close 2017 rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

@hugh_barrow @GlasgowAccies Amazing

1839 The original Following-up cap was created by the boys at Rugby School, to mark the visit of Queen Adelaide.

The Close in 1749 The School moved to this location in 1750. Originally the School was based in the Town of Rugby near the alms houses, also established by the Will of Lawrence Sheriff.

A poem about Rugby School Chapel

#OTD in 1899 the Thomas Hughes statue was unveiled outside the Temple Reading Room.

Word of the day for us is Surplice - a loose white linen vestment worn over a cassock by clergy. We found one in the collection.

Always enjoyable to answer enquiries where you get to look at material you haven't read in detail. Yesterday we were looking at one of Hutchinson's (now Bradley) records of running results and report…

The inside of the Temple Speech Room.

The medal, which has the head of Queen Victoria on one side, and which was given each year for the History essay prize. The prize was first given by Queen Victoria in 1848. #EYARoyal #HBAHJubilee #Ex…

The Town House XV of 1894.

RT @RugbySchool1567: To celebrate 200 days until 2023, the anniversary of William Webb Ellis creating rugby, we are delighted to welcome @s…

RT @SchoolArchives1: Great to see so many archive colleagues at the School Archives and Records Association annual conference. The sunny is…

#DidYouKnow the name of the School magazine The Meteor came from a Meteor shower in November 1866. Find out more about the first 100 years of The Meteor from issue 1014, July 1967 rugbyschoolarchives…

RT @WilliamsMatt75: We are very proud that Arnold was a pupil @Warminster1707 from 1803 to 1807. He gives his name to @ArnoldHouse1707 and…

#OTD in 1795, Head Master Thomas Arnold (1828-1842) was born.

During the year of Queen Elizabeth II's 25th Jubilee the Silver Jubilee Sevens were staged on the Close. #EYARoyal #HBAHJubilee #ExploreYourArchive

In 1809 Rugby School celebrated the jubilee of King George III. In 1887 Matthew Bloxam wrote an article about his memories of the event. #HBAHJubilee #EYARoyal #ExploreYourArchive

Fantastic, hope it goes well! twitter.com/DCArchives/sta…

On 27th May 1967 Queen Elizabeth II visited Rugby School and opened the Queen's Gate. Royal Visit to Rugby School 12th May 1967 macearchive.org/films/royal-vi…

@DCArchives Thank you!

We are currently preparing a series of documents for cataloguing and conservation work.

#DidYouKnow that School Field designed by George Gilbert Scott was built 170 years ago in 1852 and was permanently named 90 years ago in 1932.

RT @RugbySchool1567: We join the world in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's As she becomes the first British Monarch t…

A big thank you to our archive volunteers on They have been working on repackaging and describing our cap collections, the Bloxam Collection and our accessions backlog.

@Peter_Eedy 2/2 also Running with the Ball by Jenny Macrory. I will keep you posted on Guillemard.

@Peter_Eedy If you are looking for more on the early origins of the Rugby School game I would suggest reading if you haven't already the “Athletics and Football” volume of the Badminton Library by Mo…

@Peter_Eedy I will take a look to review the contents though I think that there might be more on this subject in the Old Rugbeian Society's Report of an investigation in to the origins of the game wh…

The Headmaster's garden, Barby Road. c1895-1910.

@Frederic and @Chris_Chatten, hopefully we will be able to make this accessible in someway in the future. For more information you can contact our enquiry service archives@rugbyschool.net

We came across this book while sorting out the collections. Guillemard (Arnold/School Field 1859-1864) was the fifth president of the Rugby Football Union and represented England in 1871. In this boo…

The Old Chapel at Rugby School. The foundation stone was laid by Dr Wooll in 1818, it was designed by Henry Hakewell.

The School House Dinning Hall c1895-1910.

RT @RugbySchool1567: We did it! Over £150,000 raised and we smashed our target. A huge thank you to everyone who supported our first ever G…

The Tin Tabernacle was used for teaching from 1894-1903. Find out more on the history of science at Rugby School from 1776 to 1969 in The Meteor DECEMBER 13, 1969 rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/…

Photo-The Chemistry Laboratory c1890s The first Science School at Rugby was built in 1857. The second Science School was the Tin Tabernacle which was for Physics and Chemistry was taught where the Lo…

Thomas Arnold's desk and chair in the late nineteenth century and today #EYANowandThen #ExploreYourArchive

Upper Bench c1895-1910

@Frederic I assume it was XV a side as it was taken c1890-1910 and the School teams played as XV by then. Though if it is the Old Rugbeian Match it could be a XX as they didn't play in XV teams till …

RT @music_rugby: It’s a big day for the Music Department today! This afternoon at 16:00, the Temple Consort will be recording Evensong for…

The Close, a Football Match, c1895-1910. #HBAHClubsAndSocieties

The Officers Training Corp (OTC) on the Close c1895-1910. #HBAHClubsAndSocieties #RugbyCCF

Rugby Railway Station on the 3rd July 1909, awaiting the arrival of King Edward VII. #EYANowAndThen