Sherborne

Sherborne School

Sherborne is a town in West Dorset, noted for Sherborne School, supposedly attended by King Alfred the Great, and re-founded in 1550. Old boys of the school are known as "Old Shirburnians".

LGBT history

Notable Old Shirburnians include:

• Alan Turing
• Alec Waugh.

Evelyn Waugh was intended to go to Sherborne like his father and elder brother, but the plans fell through after Alec was asked to leave as a result of a gay relationship, and subsequently published a novel depicting gay friendships amongst schoolboys.