Plaque number 2 can be found at this location.
This plaque can be found on Number 11, The Close; close to St Ann's gate.
The O/S grid position is SU 14489 East 29639 North.
William Golding, Novelist and Nobel Prize winner, was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962.
Bishop Wordsworth's CE School.
Sir William Golding and his wife Ann are buried in the graveyard at Holy Trinity Church in Bowerchalke. They had lived in Bowerchalke for many years.
Remember with love
WILLIAM GOLDING 1911-1993
ANN GOLDING 1912-1995
It is the star to every wandering barque
English Master, Bishop Wordsworth's School 1940 ; 1946 - 1961
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1955
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1966
Nobel Prize for Literature 1983
Companion of Literature 1984
Knighthood 1988
The following are a collection of tributes to Sir William Golding from his former pupils and colleagues at Bishop Wordsworth's School; compiled by John Cox in 1993, the then Head of English.
Click on each one below.
A tribute by John Cox
A tribute by Christopher Rowe
A tribute by Nigell Mussett
A tribute by David Chamberlin
A tribute by Gerald Ponting
A tribute by Derek J Dawkins
A tribute by Brian Groves
A tribute by John S Eyres
A tribute by Malcolm T Cooper
A tribute by J L Mumford
A tribute by Robert W Naish
A tribute by Norman Thorne
A tribute by Alan Harwood
A tribute by Donald Culver
Memories of William Golding recounted by Vivian Trewhella to John Cox
Memories of William Golding recounted by Iona Brown to Alan Harwood
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