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  2. Hawkshead Grammar School. Coordinates: 54.3737°N 2.9985°W. Hawkshead Grammar School. Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area.

  3. Pre-booking isn't required unless you are a large group. WELCOME TO HAWKSHEAD GRAMMAR SCHOOL MUSEUM! Situated in the quaint Lake District village of Hawkshead, the Hawkshead Grammar School Museum gives insight into school life from 1585 to 1909.

  4. Discover how a grammar school worked from 1500-1900. See the original desks and the charter signed by Elizabeth I. Learn about our extraordinary and unusual historic school library. Examine a timeline of events at the school, in Hawkshead and across the world. Discover Wordsworth’s time at the school and see his name carved into the desk.

  5. Founded in 1585, Hawkshead Grammar School taught grammar (Latin grammar) and the principles of the Greek tongue and other sciences necessary to be taught in a grammar school. The sciences included arithmetic and geometry sufficient to meet the practical needs of the businessman, surveyor, or navigator.

  6. Hawkshead Old Grammar School is a historic 16th-century building in the heart of Hawkshead, famous as the place where poet William Wordsworth went to school and carved his name on a wooden desk. Part of the Lake District Travel Guide on Britain Express.

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  7. Hawkshead Grammar School Museum, Main St, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0NT. Open 1st April – 31st October Mon-Sat. 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm Tours hourly, on the hour. Closed Sunday. Organisation: Hawkshead Grammar School Foundation. http://hawksheadgrammar.org.uk/

  8. Hawkshead Grammar School - Museum. Overview. Map. Street View. Hawkshead Grammar School was founded in 1585 by the then Archbishop of York, Edwin Sandys (originally of Esthwaite Hall, near Hawkshead ). The current building dates from 1675, when the School was rebuilt by Daniel Rawlinson.

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