Burnley Grammar School
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Burnley Grammar School was latterly, a state-funded selective boys grammar School
, situated in Byron Street in Burnley
, England
. However during its long history, it moved between a number of sites in the town.
, Chantries were dissolved, effectively closing the Chantry School in Burnley. The lands that had funded the chantry, were purchased by some of the wealthy men of the parish and granted to the former chantry priests for the rest of their lives. This enabled the chantry school to continue to operate for a few more years.
By 1558 it had become obvious that the chatries would not be restored and the men urged the endowment of a Free Grammar School, with additional gifts of land and rents. On the 1 February 1559, the Habergham deed was sealed marking the beginning of a Burnley Grammar School. The Towneley family
, along with the Haydock, Habergham, Woodruff and Whitacre's, provided the first founders and governors of the school.
Its first headmaster was a former chantry
priest, Gilbert Fairbank, with lessons initially taught at his home next to St Peter's Church (53.792°N 2.240°W). In 1602, one of the governors, John Towneley, paid for a new schoolhouse
to be built in the churchyard.
There was a dispute throughout the 1680s between the Catholic
Towneleys and the school’s other, now Anglican governors over the choice of schoolmasters. This resulted in the building in 1693, by the Anglicans of a new schoolhouse (53.793°N 2.240°W), across the River Brun
in an area then known as Brown Hill. In 1728 the Suffolk based, Burnley born clergyman, Henry Halstead left a large collection of Books to the School’s library.
The school seems to have been in decline in second half of the 19th century, even as the town rapidly expanded around it. An education commissioner’s report from the late 1860s showed attendance to be low and the schoolhouse in a poor state. Wealthy families shunned the school in favour of distant boarding schools, and several attempts to raise funds for a new building failed. During 1871 the Governors of the school agreed to allow the representatives of the Town Council and School Board to join them, in return for financial aid. This resulted in the 1874 opening of new school buildings across Bank Parade (53.793°N 2.241°W), which can still be seen today. Despite an agreement at this time to establish a girls department once funding could be established, no action was taken. By the late 1890s, it looked like the school board would create a rival higher grade school, which would likely be disastrous for the grammar school. Some girls were allowed to attend from 1903 and it was taken over entirely by the council in 1904. It was decided that a equivalent girls school should be created and Burnley High School for Girls opened in Ormerod Road in 1910 (53.793°N 2.238°W)
In 1959 the school moved once again to larger premises on Byron Street (53.795°N 2.293°W) in the former grounds of Ivy Bank House, sharing the site with the Ivy Bank High School for Girls. Burnley High School for Girls moved onto the site in the 1960s (53.794°N 2.288°W).
The mixed comprehensive
Habergham High School was formed in 1981, from the merger of two schools, with the girls school becoming the sixth form centre. Ivy Bank also became a mixed comprehensive. In 2006 Habergham merged with Ivy Bank to form Hameldon Community College
.
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, situated in Byron Street in Burnley
Burnley
Burnley is a market town in the Burnley borough of Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun....
, England
England
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. However during its long history, it moved between a number of sites in the town.
History
In 1552, on the order of Edward VI of EnglandEdward VI of England
Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...
, Chantries were dissolved, effectively closing the Chantry School in Burnley. The lands that had funded the chantry, were purchased by some of the wealthy men of the parish and granted to the former chantry priests for the rest of their lives. This enabled the chantry school to continue to operate for a few more years.
By 1558 it had become obvious that the chatries would not be restored and the men urged the endowment of a Free Grammar School, with additional gifts of land and rents. On the 1 February 1559, the Habergham deed was sealed marking the beginning of a Burnley Grammar School. The Towneley family
Towneley (family)
The Towneley or Townley family are an English recusant family whose ancestry can be traced back to Norman England. They take their name from Towneley Hall in Burnley, Lancashire, which was the family seat until its sale in 1901.-The Towneleys of Towneley Hall:...
, along with the Haydock, Habergham, Woodruff and Whitacre's, provided the first founders and governors of the school.
Its first headmaster was a former chantry
Chantry
Chantry is the English term for a fund established to pay for a priest to celebrate sung Masses for a specified purpose, generally for the soul of the deceased donor. Chantries were endowed with lands given by donors, the income from which maintained the chantry priest...
priest, Gilbert Fairbank, with lessons initially taught at his home next to St Peter's Church (53.792°N 2.240°W). In 1602, one of the governors, John Towneley, paid for a new schoolhouse
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
to be built in the churchyard.
There was a dispute throughout the 1680s between the Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
Towneleys and the school’s other, now Anglican governors over the choice of schoolmasters. This resulted in the building in 1693, by the Anglicans of a new schoolhouse (53.793°N 2.240°W), across the River Brun
River Brun
The River Brun is a river in eastern Lancashire.Rising at the confluence of Hurstwood Brook and Rock Water at Foxstones Bridge near the village of Hurstwood, the river runs north west towards the town of Burnley.The river passes through the artificial Rowley Lake near Rowley Hall and collects...
in an area then known as Brown Hill. In 1728 the Suffolk based, Burnley born clergyman, Henry Halstead left a large collection of Books to the School’s library.
The school seems to have been in decline in second half of the 19th century, even as the town rapidly expanded around it. An education commissioner’s report from the late 1860s showed attendance to be low and the schoolhouse in a poor state. Wealthy families shunned the school in favour of distant boarding schools, and several attempts to raise funds for a new building failed. During 1871 the Governors of the school agreed to allow the representatives of the Town Council and School Board to join them, in return for financial aid. This resulted in the 1874 opening of new school buildings across Bank Parade (53.793°N 2.241°W), which can still be seen today. Despite an agreement at this time to establish a girls department once funding could be established, no action was taken. By the late 1890s, it looked like the school board would create a rival higher grade school, which would likely be disastrous for the grammar school. Some girls were allowed to attend from 1903 and it was taken over entirely by the council in 1904. It was decided that a equivalent girls school should be created and Burnley High School for Girls opened in Ormerod Road in 1910 (53.793°N 2.238°W)
In 1959 the school moved once again to larger premises on Byron Street (53.795°N 2.293°W) in the former grounds of Ivy Bank House, sharing the site with the Ivy Bank High School for Girls. Burnley High School for Girls moved onto the site in the 1960s (53.794°N 2.288°W).
The mixed comprehensive
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
Habergham High School was formed in 1981, from the merger of two schools, with the girls school becoming the sixth form centre. Ivy Bank also became a mixed comprehensive. In 2006 Habergham merged with Ivy Bank to form Hameldon Community College
Hameldon Community College
Hameldon Community College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, England, with specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College and Science College.-History:...
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