• Source: List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)

This is a list of some of the endowed schools in England and Wales existing in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the antiquarian Nicholas Carlisle's survey of "Endowed Grammar Schools" published in 1818 with descriptions of 475 schools but the comments are referenced also to the work of the Endowed Schools Commission half a century later. Most English and Welsh endowed schools were at the time described as grammar schools, but by the eighteenth century there were three groups: older prestigious schools becoming known as "public schools"; schools in manufacturing towns that innovated to some extent in syllabus; and more traditional grammar schools in market towns and rural areas.
A medieval grammar school was one which taught Latin, and this remained an important subject in all the schools, which generally followed the traditions of Oxford and Cambridge, from which almost all of their graduate schoolmasters came. Some of the schools listed by Carlisle had long been fee-paying public schools, although in most cases (as at Eton and Winchester) retaining some provision for the teaching of "scholars" who paid reduced or no fees.
An endowment for educational purposes had an original purpose, often intended by the founder or founders to be legally binding, but the objects of such endowments were not always fully honoured by those controlling the schools. Carlisle compiled his list by means of a questionnaire, which was not always answered. The Commission's report built on his research, while not accepting all his claims on the continuity of certain schools from monastic and chantry foundations, which affected the dating of schools. The chronological list in the report has numerous further details of endowments.
There is little consistency in the actual names of grammar schools from this period. Many were called "free schools". Carlisle used some unorthodox spellings, and he listed Hampshire under its alternative historical name of Southamptonshire.




Bedfordshire






Berkshire


For Eton College see Buckinghamshire.




Buckinghamshire






Cambridgeshire






Cheshire






Cornwall






Cumberland






Derbyshire






Devon






Dorset






Durham






Essex






Gloucestershire






Hampshire


For Hampshire see County of Southampton.




Herefordshire






Hertfordshire






Huntingdonshire






Kent






Lancashire






Leicestershire






Lincolnshire






London






Middlesex






Monmouthshire






Norfolk






Northamptonshire






Northumberland






Nottinghamshire






Oxfordshire






Rutland






Shropshire






Somerset






County of Southampton


Carlisle referred to Hampshire as Southampton.




Staffordshire






Suffolk






Surrey






Sussex






Warwickshire






Westmorland






Wiltshire






Worcestershire






Yorkshire






North Wales






South Wales


Monmouthshire is listed separately.




See also


List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
List of direct grant grammar schools
Armorial of UK schools




Notes






References






Bibliography


Nichlas Carlisle, A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 1 and 2 [1818] (2010)




External links


CCEd database schools search
Carlisle, Nicholas (1818). A concise description of the endowed grammar schools in England and Wales
Volume 1: Bedford–Lincoln
Volume 2: London–Wales

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