The Bourne School was built in 1737 by Thomas Bourne, a London merchant, as an endowed charity. It provided free tuition for 20 boys and 10 girls. Repaired and enlarged in 1854, it was taken over in 1888 by the newly established Berkhamsted School for Girls. In 2008 it housed a building society in the High Street. (2000)
Author: G Patterson