This is a list of endowed schools in England and Wales existing in the early part of the 19th century . It is based on Nicholas Carlisle 's survey of "Endowed Grammar Schools" published in 1818,[ 1] Endowed Schools Commission half a century later. Most English and Welsh endowed schools were at the time described as grammar schools , although there was no formal system for such schools, and there was even no clear definition of the term "grammar school" at this period. A medieval grammar school was one which taught Latin , and this remained an important subject in all the schools, which generally followed the traditions of Oxford and Cambridge , from which almost all of their graduate schoolmasters came. Some of the schools listed by Carlisle had long been fee-paying public schools , although in most cases (as at Eton and Winchester ) retaining some provision for the teaching of "scholars " who paid reduced or no fees.
An endowment for educational purposes had an original purpose, often intended by the founder or founders to be legally binding, but the objects of such endowments were not always honoured by those controlling the schools. Carlisle compiled his list by means of a questionnaire, which was not always answered. The Commission's report built on his research, while not accepting all his claims on the continuity of certain schools from monastic and chantry foundations, which affected the dating of schools. The chronological list in the report has numerous further details of endowments.
There is little consistency in the actual names of grammar schools from this period. Many were called "free school". The antiquarian Carlisle used some unorthodox spellings, and he listed Hampshire as if it were "Southamptonshire", under S.
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Status now
Comments
Bath Grammar School King Edward's School, Bath
1552, Edward VI .[ 17]
Bridgwater Grammar School 1561, Elizabeth I [ 29]
Bristol Grammar School 1532, Robert Thorne.[ 4]
Bruton Grammar School [ 46] King's School, Bruton
1619, Richard FitzJames , Sir J. Fitzjames and Dr. J. Edmondes.[ 46]
Crewkerne Grammar School 1499, John de Combe.[ 61]
Endowed as Free Grammar School 1577.[ 61]
Frome Grammar School ?During the reign of Edward VI .[ 31]
Ilminster Grammar School 1549, H. Walrond and H. Greenfield.[ 43]
Langport Grammar School 1705, Thomas Gillett.[ 51]
Martock Grammar School 1662, William Strode.[ 38]
Taunton Grammar School 1522, Richard Foxe .[ 6]
N/A
Closed 1870. Today building is Taunton's Municipal Hall.
Staffordshire [ edit ] Suffolk [ edit ] Warwickshire [ edit ] Westmorland [ edit ] Wiltshire [ edit ] Worcestershire [ edit ] Yorkshire [ edit ]
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Status now
Comments
Acaster Selby Grammar School
Arksey Grammar School
Batley Grammar School [ 34]
Bedale Grammar School [ 23]
Beverley Grammar School [ 18]
Bingley Grammar School [ 6]
Bowes Grammar School [ 27] Bowes Free School, Bowes Hall School, Bowes Academy
1693, William Hutchinson.[ 68]
Further endowment by Charles Parkin , nephew of the founder.[ 69] Greta Bridge .[ 70] Dotheboys Hall , and Charles Dickens researched the press reports of the 1823 legal cases against the head William Shaw.[ 71] [ 72]
Bradford Grammar School [ 38] 1662, Charles II by letters patent.
Cawthorne Grammar School [ 25]
Coxwold Grammar School [ 23]
Doncaster Grammar School [ 15]
Drax Grammar School [ 56]
Drighlington Grammar School [ 73] 1678, James Margetson .
Replaced in 1875 by the Drighlington Board School.[ 74]
Giggleswick Grammar School [ 14]
Guisbrough Grammar School [ 4]
Hartford Grammar School
Heath Grammar School Halifax Grammar School[ 33]
Hemsworth Grammar School [ 44]
Heptonstall Grammar School [ 42]
Hipperholme Grammar School [ 38]
Horton Grammar School [ 40]
Hull Grammar School Refoundation in the reign of Edward VI.[ 9]
Supposedly first founded in 1486 by John Alcock .[ 9]
Kirk Leatham Grammar School
Kirkby on the Hill Grammar School
Knaresborough Grammar School [ 15]
Leeds Grammar School [ 17]
Linton Grammar School [ 8]
Old Malton Grammar School [ 44]
Northallerton Grammar School [ 32]
Penistone Grammar School [ 23]
Pocklington Grammar School [ 46] 1514, John Dolman (Dowman)[ 75]
Pontefract Grammar School [ 43]
Richmond Grammar School [ 2]
Ripon Grammar School [ 31]
Rotherham Grammar School In the reign of Edward IV, Jesus College in Rotherham was founded, possibly by the Archbishop of York, and had education in a free school as one of his objects.[ 9]
Royston Grammar School [ 31]
Scorton Grammar School
Sedbergh Grammar School [ 17] Founded by 1551, a chantry foundation of Roger Lupton , set up again by letter patent of Edward VI.
Came close to being closed down by the Taunton Commission in the 1860s. Now an independent school.[ 76]
Sheffield Grammar School [ 24]
Sherburn Grammar School [ 52]
Shipton Grammar School [ 28]
Skipton Grammar School [ 43]
Thornton Grammar School [ 3] [ 45] [ 56]
Tickhill Grammar School
Topcliffe Grammar School [ 41]
Wakefield Grammar School [ 41]
Worsborough Grammar School [ 44]
Wragby Grammar School
Yarm Grammar School [ 41]
Yoresbridge Grammar School
York Holgate's Free Grammar School [ 44]
York Horse Fair Grammar School
North Wales [ edit ] South Wales [ edit ]
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Other names
Foundation
Status now
Comments
Brecknock Grammar School Christ College, Brecon
1542, Henry VIII .[ 16]
Independent
Carmarthen Grammar School 1576, Elizabeth I .[ 48]
Cardigan Grammar School Cardigan County School
1653.[ 18]
Cowbridge Grammar School 1685, Sir Leoline Jenkins .[ 54]
Earlier foundation by Sir John Stradling . Closed 1974.
Haverfordwest Grammar School 1488, endowed 1613, Thomas Lloyd.[ 34]
N/A
Closed 1978
Lledrod Grammar School 1746, Thomas Oliver.[ 39]
Presteigne Grammar School John Beddoes School
1565, John Beddoes.[ 2]
Mixed non-selective comprehensive
Rhayader Grammar School
St. David's Grammar School Before 1363, Adam Houghton .[ 35]
Swansea Grammar School 1682, Hugh Gore.[ 54]
Ystrad Meurig Grammar School 1757, Edward Richard.[ 78]
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