No. 209

 The Old St Beghian
  July 2026

 


The Clues to George’s crossword may be found below, and the answers will be printed in the next Bulletin (January 2027).
For a bit of fun, feel free to send in your solution to the OSB office and we will let you know in the next Bulletin who was the first OSB to submit a correct entry.

 
Clues
  1. Down – The music centre (3)
  2. Across – Responsible for 867 years of mineral rights (7)
  3. Down – Downed an airship then received a VC (8)
  4. Down – The Priory named after St Begha and which Saint? (4)
  5. Down – The most northerly court in England (5)
  6. Across – The only female head of school (9)
  7. Down – Royalty who visited in 1989 (4)
  8. Down – Opened in 1893 to support cricket (8)
  9. Down – Beck runs through village and under bridge (3)
  10. Down – All prefects had one until the 70s (3)
  11. Across – Opened in 1849 where trains stopped (7)
  12. Across – Room once called Big but now … (5)
  13. Down – Churchyard gate (4)
  14. Across – Master known as TA (5)
  15. Down – Archbishop of York born in St Bees (6)
  16. Across – Waiting House near the beach (11)
  17. Down – Built to assist seafarers on the Head (10)
  18. Down – Road from Main Street to the beach is called … (8)
  19. Down – Building named after this Conservative politician (8)
   20. Across – Nearby town and port (10)
21. Across – The name Bees derives from (5)
22. Down – Hotel at the beach (7)
23. Across – Rugby pitch overlooked by the New Block (6)
24. Down – Opened by future Edward VIII but now demolished (6)
25. Across – A wood in the lane past the New Block (8)
26. Down – Full (6)
27. Across – Four sided but began as two in 1842 (4)
28. Across – Headmaster throughout WWII (7)
29. Across – A place to worship (6)
30. Down – Opened the New Block in 1959 (6)
31. Across – Full Circle is based in … (5)
32. Down – Built as the Station Hotel in 1888 (7)
33. Across – Blown last thing at night from Grindal, a bugle or a … (7)
34. Down – A Waiting House on High House Road (6)
35. Down – Oversees the school finances (6)
36. Across – Where St Bees Man was killed (9)
37. Down – Sheila Appleyard was this of Foundation for 34 years (6)
38. Across – Man who devised coastal walk (10)

 

George's Crossword Grid and Clues may be viewed and printed fom here.

 

 

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