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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.
About Hawkshead Grammar School Address: Main Street, Hawkshead, Lake District, Cumbria, England, LA22 0NT Attraction Type: Historic Building Location: Located just below the parish church. A very short walk from the main visitor car park in Hawkshead. Location map OS: SD352980 Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
Welcome. to the Hawkshead Grammar School website. The museum in the Old Grammar School building in the village of Hawkshead
The Museum is in the old Grammar School building in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria. It houses a unique collection of historic artefacts relating to the ancient School, some of which date back to the Sixteenth Century.
In centuries past, promising young gentlemen were sent to Hawkshead Grammar School for their educational foundation. Among the former pupils was a certain William Wordsworth, who attended the school from 1779 to 1787 – you can still see a desk where the naughty young poet carved his name.
Approaching Hawkshead from the north on the B5285, follow the road around the edge of the village to the main carpark. Public Transport Directions The Museum is 50 metres from the carpark, with the entrance to the grounds across from the main bus-stop.
Situated in the quaint Lake District village of Hawkshead, the Hawkshead Grammar School Museum gives insight into school life from 1585 to 1909. The classroom houses a collection of historic classroom furniture and artefacts used in the School, some of which date back to the Seventeenth Century.
