Harrow on the Hill and the Borough Below
The Hill rises sharply from the suburban flatlands. St Mary's Church crowns it (parts date from the twelfth century). Harrow School, one of the seven original public schools defined by the Clarendon Commission in 1864, spreads its buildings across the hilltop. Byron attended. Churchill attended, unhappily. Nehru attended. Boys in distinctive straw boaters still walk between lessons. The contrast between the school's medieval architecture and the 1930s semi-detached houses below captures something essential about Harrow.
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The Hill rises sharply from the suburban flatlands. St Mary's Church crowns it (parts date from the twelfth century). Harrow School, one of the seven original public schools defined by the Clarendon Commission in 1864, spreads its buildings across the hilltop. Byron attended. Churchill attended, unhappily. Nehru attended. Boys in distinctive straw boaters still walk between lessons. The contrast between the school's medieval architecture and the 1930s semi-detached houses below captures something essential about Harrow.
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