List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)

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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] but is referenced to the work of the 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.

Bedfordshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bedford Grammar School[2] 1556, Sir William Harpur. Independent.
Houghton Conquest Grammar School[3] 1632, Sir Francis Clerke.

Berkshire

For Eton College see Buckinghamshire.

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Abingdon Grammar School[4] Roysse's School, Abingdon School 1562 benefaction by John Roysse was to an existing grammar school.[5] Independent
Childrey Grammar School[6] 1526, William Fettiplace. A chantry foundation, it survived as a school in Chantry House, Childrey to 1726, when a new school was built.[7]
Newbury Grammar School[8] St Bartholomew's School 1466 Academy
Reading Grammar School c.1486, Henry VII and John Thorne, Abbot of Reading.[9] Academy
Wallingford Grammar School[8] Founded around 1672. Comprehensive
Wantage Grammar School[10] 1597. The original school was defunct around 1830. A successor was founded in 1849, opening in 1850: King Alfred's School, Wantage.[11]

Buckinghamshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Amersham Grammar School[12] Dr Challoner's Grammar School 1624, Robert Chaloner. Academy
Aylesbury Grammar School[13] 1598 Academy
Buckingham Grammar School[14] The Royal Latin School 1423 Secondary
Eton College Founded as The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor 1441, Henry VI.[9] Independent Now in Berkshire
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe[4] 1548 Independent Town burgesses confirmed the endowment of a school in 1551, but it did not receive a Royal Charter until 1562
Marlow Grammar School Sir William Borlase Grammar School 1624 Specialist

Cambridgeshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Cambridge Grammar School[15] now The Perse School 1615 Independent
Ely Grammar School[16] now The King's School, Ely c. 970, refounded 1541 Independent boarding school
Wisbech Grammar School[17] 1379 Independent

Cheshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Audlem Grammar School[18] 1653, Thomas Gamull and Ralph Bolton. Closed 1908. Audlem Senior Mixed Council School opened in the premises, in 1913.[19]
Chester Grammar School[16] 1541 Independent
Congleton Grammar School[20] Unknown, a benefaction dating from 1708. Daniel Lysons wrote that Congleton had a grammar school in the reign of Elizabeth I.[21] It was controlled by the borough (18th century).[22]
Daresbury Grammar School[23]
Frodsham Grammar School[24]
Hargrave Grammar School[25]
Knutsford Grammar School[17]
Lymm Grammar School[26] 1592, followed by a Royal Charter in 1602 Secondary/Academy
Macclesfield Grammar School 1502 Sir John Percyvale Independent
Malpas Grammar School[27] Academy
Middlewich Grammar School
Stockport Grammar School 1487, Edmund Shaa.[9] Independent
Tarvin Grammar School[23]
Wallasey Grammar School[28] The Kingsway Academy Academy it became Wallasey Comprehensive School in 1967 after moved to Leasowe. It was renamed Kingsway (2014) and academy in 2015.
Witton Grammar School[29] 6th Form College

Cornwall

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bodmin Grammar School[24]
St. Ives Grammar School
Launceston Grammar School[30]
Liskeard Grammar School[31] The County School
Penryn Grammar School[24]
Saltash Grammar School[32]
Truro Grammar School[17] Truro Cathedral School extinct closed 1982

Cumberland

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
St. Bees Grammar School[33] 1583, Edmund Grindal Independent
Great Blencow Grammar School
Bromfield Grammar School[34]
Burgh by Sands Grammar School
Carlisle Grammar School Henry VIII.[35] Now Trinity School, Carlisle is a Secondary school An earlier school existed from the time of William II.[35]
Cockermouth Grammar School[8]
Crosthwaite Grammar School[36][37]
Culgaith and Blencarn Grammar School
Dalston Grammar School[38]
Dean Grammar School[10]
Hunsonby Grammar School
Maughanby Grammar School
Penrith Grammar School Penrith Free Grammar School.[35] 1564.[35] Earlier chantry foundation by William de Strickland, 1395.[35]
Plumbland Grammar School[30]
Thursby Grammar School[39]
Uldale Grammar School[40]
Whitcham and Millom Grammar School[32]
Wigton Grammar School[40]
Wreay Grammar School

Derbyshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Ashbourne Grammar School[33] Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 1585 Comprehensive academy
Chesterfield Grammar School[10] Chesterfield School 1594 extinct closed 1990, its final site is now occupied by Brookfield Community School
Derby School Derby Free Grammar School[35] c. 1160 by Walter Durdant,[35] refounded 1554 extinct closed 1989, but in 1994 some of its old boys founded Derby Grammar School to replace it
Dronfield Grammar School[33] Henry Fanshawe School 1579 merged now represented by Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Hartshorn Grammar School
Repton Grammar School[29] now Repton School 1557 Independent boarding school
Risley Grammar School[3]
Wirksworth Grammar School[33]

Devon

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Ashburton Grammar School[41]
Barnstaple Grammar School[42]
Bideford Grammar School[27]
Chudleigh Grammar School[36]
Crediton Grammar School[43]
Exeter High Grammar School Independent
Exeter Free Grammar School[3] Independent
Honiton Grammar School[42]
Kingsbridge Grammar School[13]
Saint Mary of Ottery Grammar School[44] 1335 State Secondary/6th Form College
Plymouth Grammar School State Secondary/6th Form College
Plympton Grammar School[45] State Secondary/6th Form College
Tiverton Grammar School[23]
Totnes Grammar School[45] Comprehensive

Dorset

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Blandford Grammar School[46]
Cranborne Grammar School
Dorchester Grammar School[33] The Thomas Hardye School 1579 Academy amalgamated with the Dorchester Grammar School for Girls and the Dorchester Modern School
Evershot Grammar School[3]
Gillingham Grammar School 1516 Free School
Milton Abbas Grammar School
Shaftesbury Grammar School[12] 1718 Secondary
Sherborne Grammar School[17] Independent
Wimborne Minster Grammar School Secondary

Durham

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bishop Auckland Grammar School Free Grammar School of King James 1605, Anna Swyfte and Ralph Maddison King James I Academy, academy school (Not in Carlisle.) Thomas Morton gave a school-house in 1638.[47]
Darlington Grammar School[4] Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College 6th Form College
Durham Grammar School[16] Durham College 1414 by Bishop Langley Independent
Houghton le Spring Grammar School[48]
Sedgefield Grammar School[32]
Wolsingham Grammar School Wolsingham Community College 1614[49] Secondary (Not in Carlisle.) Land was leased by the bishop of Durham.[50]

Essex

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Braintree Grammar School[51]
Brentwood Grammar School[29] Independent
Chelmsford Grammar School[17] Academy
Chigwell Grammar School[3]
Colchester Grammar School[33] 1206 Grammar
Dedham Grammar School[48]
Earl's Colne Grammar School[46] 1520 closed in 1975
Felsted Grammar School[2] 1564 Independent
Halsted Grammar School[41]
Maldon Grammar School[52]
Newport Grammar School[33] Newport Free Grammar School 1588
Saffron Walden Grammar School[6] 1522

Gloucestershire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Chipping Campden Grammar School Chipping Campden School c.1487, John Varby.[9] refounded in 1964 from amalgamations
Cheltenham Grammar School[33] Pate's Grammar Bishop Pate Extinct
Cirencester Grammar School[44] 1461 now defunct the school was closed in 1966
Gloucester Grammar School[16] The King's School, Gloucester Independent founded by King Henry I, it is said to be one of the oldest surviving schools in Europe and the oldest surviving in England.
Gloucester, Saint Mary de Crypt Grammar School The Crypt School 1539 by Joan Cooke Academy with 6th Form founded on the dissolution of the monastery at LLanthony Abbey by the order of parliament
Northleach Grammar School
Chipping Sodbury Grammar School[12]
Tetbury Grammar School[34]
Tewkesbury Grammar School[53]
Thornbury Grammar School[53] Secondary State-funded secondary school in Alveston
Wickwar Grammar School[54]
Winchcombe Grammar School[44]
Winchcombe, Lady Francis Chandos Grammar School[52]
Wotton-under-Edge Grammar School Wotton-under-Edge Free Grammar School.[35] 1384/5, Lady Katherine Berkeley.[35] Re-established 1624 by James I.[35]

Hampshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Alresford Grammar School[27]
Alton Grammar School[42]
Andover Grammar School[55] Community Secondary
Basingstoke Grammar School[44]
Godshill Grammar School
Gosport Grammar School
Newport (IOW) Grammar School[15]
Portsmouth Grammar School[39]
Southampton Grammar School[14]
Winchester College 1387, William of Wykeham.[35] Independent

Herefordshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bosbury Grammar School[14]
Bromyard Grammar School[2] Since 1356 Amalgamated with the Girls High School (1914) and with Secondary Modern School (1969) now known as Queen Elizabeth School
Colwall Grammar School[34]
Hereford Grammar School Hereford Cathedral School By 1385.[35] See also Aylestone Business and Enterprise College.
Kington Grammar School[3]
Kinnersley Grammar School
Ledbury Grammar School[32] Medieval; refounded in Upper Hall in 1923 amalgamated in 1978 with Ledbury County Secondary School and Canon Frome Secondary School to form John Masefield High School.
Lucton Grammar School[51]

Hertfordshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
St. Albans Grammar School[55] Independent
Aldenham Grammar School[10] Independent
Chipping Barnet Grammar School[55] 1573 founded by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester in the name of Queen Elizabeth
Berkhampstead Grammar School[44] 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's, London The original school was amalgamated in 1997
Buntingford Grammar School[3]
Hertford Grammar School[36] Richard Hale School Academy
Hertford, East India College Grammar School
Stansted Abbots Grammar School[25]
Stevenage Grammar School[29] The Thomas Alleyne Academy 1588 Academy The Elizabethan school was refounded in 2013
Bishop Stortford Grammar School[48]

Huntingdonshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Godmanchester Grammar School[4]
Huntingdon Grammar School Huntingdon Free Grammar School.[35] Recognised 1570.[35] Hinchingbrooke School. An earlier school existed in the time of Henry II.[35]

Kent

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Ashford Grammar School[25] 1638, Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet.
Biddenden Grammar School[2]
Canterbury Grammar School[16] 600 Independent
Charing Grammar School
Cranbrook Grammar School[48] 1518 Selective Grammar received a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I
Faversham Grammar School[48]
Goudhurst Grammar School[56]
Lewisham (Blackheath) Grammar School[28] Colfe's School 1656 endowment, Abraham Colfe, for a free grammar school opened in 1652.[57]
Maidstone Grammar School[43]
Rochester King's School[16] 604 Independent
New Romney Grammar School
Sandwich Grammar School[2]
Sevenoaks Grammar School Sevenoaks School 1432, Sir William Sennocke.[9]
Sutton Valence Grammar School[48]
Tenterden Grammar School[46]
Tonbridge School[14] 1553, Sir Andrew Judde
Wye Grammar School 1447, John Kempe.[9] Refounded as a grammar school, 1627.[9]

Lancashire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Blackburn Grammar School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 1509 Free School Academy became direct grant from 1944, and independent after 1976.
Blackrod Grammar School[55] Rivington and Blackrod High School 1586, John Holmes; 1566, James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham In 1973 Rivington & Blackrod grammars amalgamated with Horwich County Secondary School to form the R & B High School.
Great Bolton Grammar School?[12][28] 1516, endowed in 1524 by William Haigh of Wigan Independent amalgamation occurred in 1899 of Day School, High School for Girls with the High School for Boys.
Burnley Grammar School[14] 1552, Gilbert Fairbank Extinct founded on closure of Chantry schools by King Edward VI.
Bury Grammar School[40] c.1570 Independent Grammar
Cartmel Grammar School[20] Cartmel Gatehouse Priory 1624 Extinct school was closed in 1790
Chorley Grammar School[34] Parklands High School Academy the High School was opened in 1962; it converted to academy status in 2012.
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School[31] 1554 Academy founded in the names of the Catholic King Philip II of Spain and Queen Mary I
Farnworth Grammar School[58] 1715 Extinct the school closed in 1982.
Hawkshead Grammar School[33] 1585, Edwin Sandys[59] Extinct the school was closed in 1909; the building is now a museum
Lancaster Grammar School 1469, by John Gardyner.[9] An endowment was recorded 1615, but the school was also documented in the corporation's books c.1495.[9]
Leyland Grammar School[24]
Liverpool Grammar School[46] Liverpool Collegiate School founded 1840, opened 1843 Comprehensive achieved State Grammar School status in 1907 on purchase by Liverpool City Council. Opened by William Gladstone MP. Oulton High School merged (1943).
Manchester Grammar School[6] 1515 Independent the grammar became independent in 1976 on the abolition of the Direct Grant system.
Middleton Grammar School[6]
Prescot Grammar School[23]
Preston Grammar School[34]
Rivington Grammar School[48]
Rochdale Grammar School[2]
Whalley Grammar School[43]
Wigan Grammar School[52]
Winwick Grammar School[15]

Leicestershire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Appleby Parva Grammar School[26] Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School 1697, Sir John Moore.[60] Junior School
Ashby de la Zouch Grammar School[2] Academy
Market Bosworth Grammar School[16] Independent
Market Harborough Grammar School[15]
Kibworth Grammar School[32]
Leicester Grammar School[2] Independent
Loughborough Grammar School 1495, Thomas Burton.[61] Independent Trust for a Free School 1597.[61]
Melton Mowbray Grammar School Comprehensive

Lincolnshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Alford Grammar School[2]
Boston Grammar School[31]
Bourne Grammar School[25]
Butterwick Grammar School[36]
Caistor Grammar School[3]
Gainsborough Grammar School[41]
Glanford Bridge Grammar School
Grantham Grammar School[6]
Grimsby Grammar School[43]
Holbeach Grammar School[56]
Horncastle Grammar School[55]
Laceby Grammar School
Lincoln Grammar School[33]
Louth Grammar School[17] King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth
Louth Park Grammar School
Moulton Grammar School[4]
New Sleaford Grammar School[24]
Spalding Grammar School[33]
Stamford Grammar School[6]
Wainfleet Grammar School c.1484, William Wainfleet.[9]
Wragby Grammar School[25][32]

London

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Allhallows Barking Grammar School[13]
Charterhouse School[34] Independent
Christ's Hospital School[14] Independent
Mercers' Chapel Grammar School[16] Extinct
Merchant Taylors' School[4] Independent
St Paul's School, London[46] Independent
Westminster School Westminster College[29] Independent

Middlesex

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Enfield Grammar School Comprehensive
Hampton Grammar School[31] now Hampton School Independent
Harrow Grammar School[55] now Harrow School 1572, John Lyon[62] Independent
Highgate Grammar School[2] now Highgate School 1562, Roger Cholmeley[63] Independent

Monmouthshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Abergavenny Grammar School[44]
Llandeilo Cresseney Grammar School[28]
Monmouth Grammar School[15] now Monmouth School and Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls c. 1613 Haberdashers' Company[64] Independent
Usk Grammar School[52] 1621, Roger Edwards[65][66]

Norfolk

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Aylesham Grammar School
Harleston Grammar School[13]
Hingham Grammar School[40]
Holt Grammar School[31] Gresham's School 1555 Independent International Baccalaureate School
King's Lynn Grammar School[46] King Edward VII School, King's Lynn 1510 Comprehensive sports college
Norwich Grammar School[43] King Edward VI’s Grammar School, now Norwich School 1547 Independent
Scarning Grammar School
Snettesham Grammar School[30]
Thetford Grammar School[2] 1566 Independent
North Walsham Grammar School[53]
Little Walsingham Grammar School[18]
Wymondham Grammar School[17]

Northamptonshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Aynhoe Grammar School[28]
Blakesley Grammar School[56]
Blissworth Grammar School
Brackley Grammar School[43]
Daventry Grammar School[48]
Findon Grammar School
Fotheringhay Grammar School[24]
Guilesborough Grammar School[36]
Higham Ferrers Grammar School 1422, Henry Chicheley.[9] Refounded 1543.[9]
Northampton Grammar School[16] Secondary school
Oundle Grammar School[31] Independent
Peterborough Grammar School[16] Academy
Preston Capes Grammar School
Rothwell Grammar School
Towcester Grammar School[14] Secondary school
Wellingborough Grammar School[10] Independent

Northumberland

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Allendale Grammar School[27]
Alnwick Grammar School[42]
Haydon Bridge Grammar School[54]
Hexham Grammar School[23]
Morpeth Grammar School[14]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Grammar School[23]
Rothbury Grammar School[37]
Stamfordham Grammar School[38]

Nottinghamshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Mansfield Grammar School[4]
Newark Grammar School[6]
Normanton Grammar School[41]
Nottingham Grammar School[46] Nottingham High School 1382, 'scolemaystre' William Adbolton Independent re-established in 1512 by Sir Thomas Lovell at Bellar Gate.
East Retford Grammar School[17]
Southwell Grammar School[44]
Tuxford Grammar School[8]

Oxfordshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
East Adderbury Grammar School
Steeple Aston Grammar School[42]
Banbury Grammar School
Burford Grammar School[55] 1571 Secondary
Bampton Grammar School[25]
Charlebury Grammar School
Dorchester-on-Thames Grammar School[18]
Ewelme Grammar School 1437, William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk, as almshouse with a teacher.[9]
Henley Grammar School[24] Henley College 1987 Sixth Form College only 6th Form college in the county.
Magdalen College School 1480, Bishop William Waynflete Independent became a Direct Grant school in 1949; opted to be independent by 1976.
Chipping Norton Grammar School[43]
Thame Grammar School[48]
Watlington Grammar School[36]
Witney Grammar School[38]
New Woodstock Grammar School[33]

Rutland

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Oakham Grammar School Oakham School 1584, Robert Johnson.[41] Independent
Uppingham Grammar School Uppingham School 1584, Robert Johnson.[41] Independent

Shropshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bridgnorth Grammar School[43] Bridgnorth Endowed School (1974) 1503.[67] Co-educational comprehensive
Donington Grammar School Thomas Cowley School, Thomas Cowley High School 1701, Thomas Cowley.[26]
Market Drayton Grammar School 1555, Rowland Hill.[31]
Halesowen Grammar School[18] Earls High School (1972) 1652.[18]
Ludlow Grammar School Now Ludlow College 1552.[17] Sixth form college
Newport (Shropshire) Grammar School[45] Adams' Grammar School 1656, William Adams.
Oswestry Grammar School Oswestry Free Grammar School (1634).[35] David Holbech, in the reign of Henry IV.[35]
Shrewsbury Grammar School Shrewsbury School 1552, Edward VI.[14] Independent
Wellington Grammar School
Wem Grammar School Thomas Adams School 1650, Sir Thomas Adams.[18]
Whitchurch Grammar School[17] Whitchurch High School 1550, Sir John Talbot.[17] Comprehensive

Somerset

Standard name Other names Foundation 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] The school closed in 1904; the building is used as a municipal church hall.
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.
Wells Grammar School Wells Cathedral School 1180 Independent

Staffordshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Brewood Grammar School[12] 1547, chantry school for diocese of Lichfield
Dilhorne Grammar School[6]
Lichfield Grammar School[31] 1495, Bishop Smythe Comprehensive
Newcastle under Lyme Grammar School[23]
Rolleston Grammar School[46]
Rugeley Grammar School[53]
Stafford Grammar School[17] 1982 Independent
Tamworth Grammar School[43] Landau Forte Academy 1588 Academy Queen Elizabeth's boys grammar school, it amalgamated with Secondary Modern to form a Queen Elizabeth's Mercian Comprehensive school in 1979, before converting to academy status in 2011.
Uttoxeter Grammar School[29] Thomas Alleyne's High School 1558, Thomas Alleyne Academy academy status since 2015
Walsall Grammar School[31] Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall 1554, George and Nicholas Hawe Selective grammar/Academy boys grammar school that has opted for academy status
Wolverhampton Grammar School[46] 1512, Stephen Jenyns.[68]

Suffolk

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Beccles Grammar School[58]
Botesdale Grammar School[48]
Bungay Grammar School[41]
Bury St Edmunds Grammar School[17] King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds 1550 Comprehensive an amalgamation with the two Silver Jubilee Schools
Clare Grammar School
Hadleigh Grammar School
Ipswich School Ipswich Grammar School; Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ipswich c.1530, Henry VIII[44] Existed in the 15th century; from 1526 until Thomas Wolsey's death in 1530 a feeder for his Cardinal College, Oxford. Granted charter by Elizabeth I in 1566.
Kelsale Grammar School
Lavenham Grammar School[42]
Needham Market Grammar School[3]
Redgrave Grammar School
Stoke Grammar School 1530s, Matthew Parker.[69]
Sudbury Grammar School 1491, William Wood, master of Sudbury College.[9]
Woodbridge Grammar School[38]

Surrey

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Camberwell Grammar School[15]
Farnham Grammar School[53]
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Kingston Grammar School[4]
Saint Olave's Grammar School[55]
Saint Mary Overey Grammar School

Sussex

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Chichester Grammar School[51]
Chichester Prebendal Grammar School 1497, Edward Storey.[61]
Cuckfield Grammar School[46]
East Grinstead Grammar School[51]
Horsham Grammar School[6]
Midhurst Grammar School[56]
Rye Grammar School
Southover Grammar School
Lewes Grammar School[46]
Steyning Grammar School[15]

Warwickshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Atherstone Grammar School[55]
Birmingham Grammar School[17]
Coleshill Grammar School[20]
Coventry Grammar School[55]
Dunchurch Grammar School
Nuneaton Grammar School[14]
Hampton Lucy Grammar School[25]
Monk's Kirby Grammar School[12]
Rugby Grammar School[55] Rugby School 1567, Lawrence Sheriff Independent
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School[16] 1527 Academy
Warwick Grammar School[44] 914 Independent

Westmorland

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Appleby Grammar School[43]
Bampton Grammar School[12][58]
Barton Grammar School[45]
Brough Grammar School
Heversham Grammar School[52]
Kendal Grammar School[6]
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School[2]
Kirkby Lonsdale Grammar School[41]
Lowther Grammar School[25][26]
Measand Grammar School
Morland Grammar School[70]
Orton Grammar School[8][40][39]
Ravenstonedale Grammar School[13]
Thrimby Grammar School[54]
Waitby Grammar School[54]
Winton Grammar School[18]

Wiltshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Calne Grammar School[36]
Marlborough Grammar School[17]
Salisbury City Grammar School[55]
Salisbury Close Grammar School Salisbury Choir School, Salisbury Cathedral School. 1319, Simon de Gandarve.[35]

Worcestershire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Bewdley Grammar School[53]
Bromsgrove Grammar School[14]
Dudley Grammar School[4]
Evesham Grammar School[16]
Feckenham Grammar School[34]
Hartlebury Grammar School[29]
Kidderminster Grammar School[3] King Charles I School 1592 Academy
Martley Grammar School[32]
King's Norton Grammar School[31]
Rock Grammar School[31]
Stourbridge Grammar School[14]
Wolverley Grammar School[52]
King's School, Worcester[16] 900 Independent refounded in 1541 by Henry VIII
Royal Grammar School Worcester[4] 1291 Independent one of the oldest surviving schools in Britain

Yorkshire

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
Acaster Selby Grammar School
Arksey Grammar School
Batley Grammar School[34] 1612, Rev William Lee Free School
Bedale Grammar School[23]
Beverley Grammar School[18] 700 Britain's oldest state school
Bingley Grammar School[6] 1529 Specialist since 2011 the school has had specialist status
Bowes Grammar School[27] Bowes Free School, Bowes Hall School, Bowes Academy 1693, William Hutchinson.[71] Further endowment by Charles Parkin, nephew of the founder.[72] Near Greta Bridge.[73] Widely thought to be the model for Dotheboys Hall, and Charles Dickens researched the press reports of the 1823 legal cases against the head William Shaw.[74][75]
Bradford Grammar School[38] 1662, Charles II by letters patent. Independent Bradford grammar had direct grant status until 1975, when it went independent.
Cawthorne Grammar School[25]
Coxwold Grammar School[23]
Doncaster Grammar School[15] Hall Cross Academy 1350 Academy the grammar amalgamated with the Doncaster Girls School; converted to academy status in 2012
Drax Grammar School[56]
Drighlington Grammar School[76] 1678, James Margetson. Replaced in 1875 by the Drighlington Board School.[77]
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)[78]
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 letters patent of Edward VI. Came close to being closed down by the Taunton Commission in the 1860s. Now an independent school.[79]
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] 1590, Thomas Conyers of Egglescliffe Comprehensive it moved to new premises at Green Lane on becoming a comprehensive in 1977.
Yoresbridge Grammar School
York Holgate's Free Grammar School[44]
York Horse Fair Grammar School

North Wales

Standard name Other names Foundation Status now Comments
St. Asaph Grammar School[76]
Bala Grammar School Ysgol y Berwyn Comprehensive
Bangor Friars School[29] Ysgol Friars 1557, Geoffrey Glyn Comprehensive
Beaumaris Grammar School[53] Ysgol David Hughes 1609, David Hughes Comprehensive
Bôd-Twnog Grammar School[15] Ysgol Botwnnog Comprehensive
Denbigh Grammar School[40]
Hawarden Grammar School[53]
Llan Egryn Grammar School[18]
Llanrwst Grammar School[34] Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy, Conwy Valley School 1612, Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet;[34] there is some doubt here.[80] Comprehensive
Ruabon Grammar School[3]
Ruthin Grammar School[10]
Wrexham Grammar School[24]

South Wales

Monmouthshire is listed separately.

Standard name 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] Initial foundation 1608 by Sir John Stradling.[81][82] 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 1673 or earlier[83]
St. David's Grammar School Before 1363, Adam Houghton.[35]
Swansea Grammar School Bishop Gore School 1682, Bishop Hugh Gore[54][84] Mixed non-selective secondary
Ystrad Meurig Grammar School 1757, Edward Richard.[85]

See also

Notes

  1. A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, 2 vols.] (1818)
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