Buildings and Structures in Newport, Shropshire - Harper Adams University College, Shrewsbury Canal, Adams' Grammar School, Chetwynd Park Estate (Paperback)

Chapters: Harper Adams University College, Shrewsbury Canal, Adams' Grammar School, Chetwynd Park Estate, Guildhall, Newport, Burton Borough School, Newport Girls High School, Woodcote Hall, the Royal Victoria Hotel, Longford Hall, Puleston Cross, St Nicholas Church, Newport, St Peter and Paul Church, Newport, Cosy Hall. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harper Adams University College is a higher education institution located near Newport in Edgmond, Shropshire, England. In terms of the provision of courses relating to the land-based sector, it is the largest provider by student numbers in the UK and is one of only three remaining institutions of its kind in England. Thomas Harper Adams was a wealthy Shropshire gentleman farmer. On his death in 1892 he bequeathed his considerable estate 'for the purpose of teaching practical and theoretical agriculture'. The marriage of the developing science of agriculture to the practice of farming was seen by an increasing number of people as the only solution to the agricultural depression. The 1890s saw substantial financial support for agricultural education and several colleges and university departments specializing in agriculture made their appearance at this time. Harper Adams Agricultural College, however, was the first institution of its kind to be financed by private bequest. The Foundation was set up with the sum of 45,496. The College opened to six students in April 1901. The College consisted of the state-of-the-art Main Building with the significant feature of its own farm on its doorstep, 178 acres (0.72 km) of Harper Adams land, along with the family farmhouse, Ancellor House. In these early years the College, under the principalship of Hedworth Foulkes (1901-22), offered certificate courses...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3699816