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Giles J.M School

Durham Road, Stevenage.

The school opened in 1970.

Pin Green has probably got its name from the old English word ‘Pynd’ which meant ‘enclosure’. It was farmland until the New Town development began. A document has been recovered which has been dated to 1323/24 called ‘Candlemass’, which listed the arable land in Stevenage and includes a field named ‘the land called John Gyles’. In a separate document recorded in 1836 the field was listed as ‘Giles Field’ and eventually in 1970 the Giles Junior and Infant schools were opened in Durham Road and named after the field.

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    • Aerial view of Pin Green. 1955
    • Pin Green Water Tower, Bedwell
    • Stevenage Photographed in the 60s
    • The Oval Shops. 1969
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