Houses
The six houses in the school were named after honours given to the St John family and passed down to Walter. A colour was associated with each house, and students were required to wear a cap with the school badge on the front and a small button in the colour of their house on the crown. The colours were also used in sportswear, shirts for football and a sash for Fives and boxing. Both were used in other sports.
- Beauchamp (Pronounced "Beecham") had blue as its colour. Oliver St John was also Baron Beauchamp.
- Bletsoe used Brown. Bletsoe Manor was also owned by the St John's family.
- Bolingbroke was the red house. Henry St John was made the first Viscount Bolingbroke in 1712.
- Lydiard used the violet colour. Oliver was also Baron St John of Lydiard Tregoze
- Grandison had yellow as its identifier. Oliver was also the first Viscount Grandison.
- Tregoze had the green for its use. See above in Lydiard
Prior to Sir Walter St Johns, Boys Grammar School being amalgamated with William Blake School, there were actually 3 houses in the School, the names were as stated above but were actually together: Grandison Bletsoe (GB), Beauchamp Bolingbroke (BB) and Lydiard Tregoze (LT).
Read more about this topic: Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys
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