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Giggleswick School is an Independent Co-educational boarding school in Giggleswick , near Settle , North Yorkshire . The school was founded in 1512 by James Carr and received its Royal Charter in 1553 .

It has an associated pre-prep school called Mill House (ages 3–7) and a Prep School called Catteral Hall (aged 7–13).


BOARDING HOUSES

There are four boys' boarding houses:
Morrison, named after Walter Morrison,
Nowell, named after John Nowell,
Paley, named after William Paley ,
Shute, named after Josias Shute.

The two girls' houses are:
Carr, named after James Carr,
Style, named after George Style.


NOTABLE ALUMNI

Notable alumni, who are known as , include:


Russell Harty , a BBC2 chat show host in the 1980s from Blackburn , taught English at the school, notably to Richard Whiteley . Harty and Whiteley entered television at the same time in the late 1960s .


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