List of oldest schools in Wiltshire

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A list of the oldest schools in Wiltshire, in the order of their date of foundation.

Salisbury Cathedral School,
the oldest school in Wiltshire

Schools still in operation[]

Rank School name Location Established Age (years)
1 Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury 1091[1] 931
2 Dauntsey's School West Lavington 1542 [2] 480
3 Warminster School Warminster 1707 [3] 315
4 Box Primary School Box 1708 [4] 314
5 Godolphin School Salisbury 1726 [5] 296
6 Matravers School Westbury 1814 [6] 208
7 St Edmund's Girls' School Laverstock 1815 [7] 207
8 Lacock Primary School Lacock 1824 [8] 198
9 Preshute Church of England Primary School Preshute 1833 [9] 189
10 Marlborough College Marlborough 1843 [10] 179
11 Neston Primary School Neston 1861 [11] 161
12 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Devizes 1864 [12] 158
13 St Mary's School, Calne Calne 1873[13] 149
14 Chafyn Grove School Salisbury 1879 143
15 Sandroyd School Tollard Royal 1888[14] 134
16 Bishop Wordsworth's School Salisbury 1889[15] 133
17 Stonar School Atworth 1895[16] 127

Former schools[]

Rank School name Location Established Closed Age (years)
1 Heytesbury Grammar School Heytesbury 1472[17] Uncertain[18]
2 Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School Marlborough 1550[19] 1975 425
3 Bentley Grammar School Calne 1663[20] 1974 311
4 Fitzmaurice Grammar School Bradford-on-Avon 1897[21] 1980 83

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Salisbury Cathedral School". History & Inspection Reports. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  2. ^ "Dauntsey's". History of the School. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  3. ^ "Warminster School". Our History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  4. ^ "Wiltshire Community History". Box - Box Church of England Primary School, Box. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  5. ^ "UK Boarding Schools". Godolphin, Salisbury. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  6. ^ "Westbury Heritage Society". Schools. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  7. ^ "St Edmund's Girls' School, Salisbury". Heritage and history. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  8. ^ "Lacock Primary". The History of Lacock Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  9. ^ "Preshute Primary". History of our School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  10. ^ "Marlborough College". College History. Retrieved 9 February 2019
  11. ^ "Neston Primary". Neston - A Brief History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  12. ^ "St Joseph's Catholic Primary School". History of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  13. ^ Kay Stedmond St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986 (B. A. Hathaway, 1986, ISBN 0-948640-10-3), p. 6
  14. ^ Sandroyd - 1888 to Present Day, sandroyd.org, accessed 27 July 2020
  15. ^ Frederick Crossfield Happold, Bishop Wordsworth's School 1890–1950 (Printed for Bishop Wordsworth's School, 1950), p. 7
  16. ^ "Stonar School". School History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  17. ^ Arthur Francis Leach, The Schools of Medieval England (Dalcassian Publishing Company, 1915), p. 272
  18. ^ Arthur Francis Leach, English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 (1896), p. 29: "Another singular story of the disappearance of an ancient foundation is that of Heytesbury School attached to Heytesbury Hospital in Wiltshire. This was (pp. 256, 262) the Hospital of S. John Baptist of the foundation of Margaret Lady Hungerford…"
  19. ^ The Educational Calendar and Scholastic Year-book for 1871, p. 87
  20. ^ "The John Bentley School". School History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  21. ^ Keith Berry, Bradford on Avon's schools: the story of education in a small Wiltshire town (Bradford on Avon, Ex Libris Books, 1998 ISBN 0-948578-96-3, p: 123

External links[]

Retrieved from ""