Hawkshead Grammar School

He petitioned Queen Elizabeth I for a charter to set up the school and endowed it will sufficient land and property for the education to be free, and for many years it was known as 'The Free Grammar School of Hawkshead'.

The early School taught Latin, Greek and sciences, including arithmetic and geometry.

At its peak in 1750-1800, it had a very good reputation for teaching Maths and getting boys into Cambridge, and attracted pupils from across the North of England and southern Scotland.

Although the School closed in 1909, the building functions today as Hawkshead Grammar School Museum and is open to the public.

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