Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1586.
Founded by Queen Elizabeth in the previous year.
Grade l listed.

The Grammar School was founded in Ashbourne by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 following a petition from five local gentlemen headed by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Cokayne. The petition claimed that for lack of education the inhabitants were given over to wickedness and vices such as swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, idleness and such like...!

The old school still stands (now converted into private apartments), having been replaced by the new school, built in 1909, which admitted girls for the first time.

During the long headship of troublesome headmaster - the Rev William Langley - the number of pupils was reduced to only one by 1794, the head supplementing his income by private boarders.

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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1586.
Founded by Queen Elizabeth in the previous year.
Grade l listed.
En Bon Espoyr - The Cokayne Family Crest.
The school was founded by a group of men including Sir Thomas Cokayne (or Cockayne), High Sheriff of Derbyshire.

The Grammar School was founded in Ashbourne by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 following a petition from five local gentlemen headed by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Cokayne. The petition claimed that for lack of education the inhabitants were given over to wickedness and vices such as swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, idleness and such like...!

The old school still stands (now converted into private apartments), having been replaced by the new school, built in 1909, which admitted girls for the first time.

During the long headship of troublesome headmaster - the Rev William Langley - the number of pupils was reduced to only one by 1794, the head supplementing his income by private boarders.

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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1586.
Founded by Queen Elizabeth in the previous year.
Grade l listed.
En Bon Espoyr - The Cokayne Family Crest.
The school was founded by a group of men including Sir Thomas Cokayne (or Cockayne), High Sheriff of Derbyshire.

The Grammar School was founded in Ashbourne by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 following a petition from five local gentlemen headed by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Cokayne. The petition claimed that for lack of education the inhabitants were given over to wickedness and vices such as swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, idleness and such like...!

The old school still stands (now converted into private apartments), having been replaced by the new school, built in 1909, which admitted girls for the first time.

During the long headship of troublesome headmaster - the Rev William Langley - the number of pupils was reduced to only one by 1794, the head supplementing his income by private boarders.

Tags:   ashbourne derbyshire

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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1586.
Founded by Queen Elizabeth in the previous year.
Grade l listed.

The Grammar School was founded in Ashbourne by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 following a petition from five local gentlemen headed by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Cokayne. The petition claimed that for lack of education the inhabitants were given over to wickedness and vices such as swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, idleness and such like...!

The old school still stands (now converted into private apartments), having been replaced by the new school, built in 1909, which admitted girls for the first time.

During the long headship of troublesome headmaster - the Rev William Langley - the number of pupils was reduced to only one by 1794, the head supplementing his income by private boarders.

Tags:   ashbourne derbyshire

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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Church Street, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 1586.
Founded by Queen Elizabeth in the previous year.
Grade l listed.

The Grammar School was founded in Ashbourne by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 following a petition from five local gentlemen headed by the Lord of the Manor, Sir Thomas Cokayne. The petition claimed that for lack of education the inhabitants were given over to wickedness and vices such as swearing, drunkenness, whoredom, idleness and such like...!

The old school still stands (now converted into private apartments), having been replaced by the new school, built in 1909, which admitted girls for the first time.

During the long headship of troublesome headmaster - the Rev William Langley - the number of pupils was reduced to only one by 1794, the head supplementing his income by private boarders.

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