List of oldest schools in Wiltshire

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A list of the oldest schools in Wiltshire , England, in the order of their date of foundation.

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Salisbury Cathedral School, the oldest school in Wiltshire (and the 18th oldest in the United Kingdom) Salisbury Cathedral School, from Catherdal tower.jpg
Salisbury Cathedral School,
the oldest school in Wiltshire (and the 18th oldest in the United Kingdom)

Schools still in operation

RankSchool nameLocationEstablishedAge (years)
1 Salisbury Cathedral School Salisbury 1091 [1] 933
2 Dauntsey's School West Lavington 1542 [2] 482
3 Warminster School Warminster 1707 [3] 317
4 Box Primary School Box 1708 [4] 316
5 Godolphin School Salisbury 1726 [5] 298
6 Matravers School Westbury 1814 [6] 210
7 St Edmund's Girls' School Laverstock 1815 [7] 209
8Lacock Primary School Lacock 1824 [8] 200
9Preshute Church of England Primary School Preshute 1833 [9] 191
10 Marlborough College Marlborough 1843 [10] 181
11Pitton Primary School Pitton 1850 [11] 174
12Neston Primary School Neston 1861 [12] 163
13St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Devizes 1864 [13] 160
14 St Mary's School, Calne Calne 1873 [14] 151
15 Chafyn Grove School Salisbury 1879145
16 Sandroyd School Tollard Royal 1888 [15] 136
17 Bishop Wordsworth's School Salisbury 1889 [16] 135
18 Stonar School Atworth 1895 [17] 129

Former schools and colleges

RankNameLocationEstablishedClosedAge (years)
1 College of the Valley Scholars Salisbury 1262 [18] 1542 [18]
2Heytesbury Grammar School Heytesbury 1472 [19] Late 17th or early 18th century [20] [21]
3 Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School Marlborough 1550 [22] 1975424–425
4 City Grammar School, Salisbury Salisbury 1561 [23] [24] 1865 [25]
5 Bentley's School, Calne Calne 1660/1665 [26] 1974310–311
6 Fitzmaurice Grammar School Bradford-on-Avon 1897 [27] 198082–83

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dauntsey's".History of the School. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  3. ↑ "Warminster School". 17 February 2023.Our History. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  4. ↑ "Wiltshire Community History".Box - Box Church of England Primary School, Box. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  5. ↑ "UK Boarding Schools".Godolphin, Salisbury. Retrieved 6 February 2019
  6. ↑ "Westbury Heritage Society".Schools. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  7. ↑ "St Edmund's Girls' School, Salisbury".Heritage and history. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  8. ↑ "Lacock Primary".The History of Lacock Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  9. ↑ "Preshute Primary".History of our School. Retrieved 8 February 2019
  10. ↑ "Marlborough College".College History. Retrieved 9 February 2019
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Pitton Church of England Primary School (1246937)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Neston Primary".Neston - A Brief History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  13. ↑ "St Joseph's Catholic Primary School".History of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  14. ↑ Kay Stedmond St Mary's School Calne 1873–1986 (B. A. Hathaway, 1986, ISBN   0-948640-10-3), p. 6
  15. ↑ Sandroyd - 1888 to Present Day, sandroyd.org, accessed 27 July 2020
  16. ↑ Frederick Crossfield Happold, Bishop Wordsworth's School 1890–1950 (Printed for Bishop Wordsworth's School, 1950), p. 7
  17. ↑ "Stonar School".School History. Retrieved 7 February 2019
  18. 1 2 Arthur Francis Leach, "The earliest University College in England at Salisbury, 1262" in Educational Charters and Documents 598 to 1909 (Cambridge University Press, 1911), p. 164
  19. ↑ Arthur Francis Leach, The Schools of Medieval England (Dalcassian Publishing Company, 1915), p. 272
  20. ↑ "Hospitals: St John and St Katherine, Heytesbury", in A History of the County of Wiltshire, Vol. 3. (London: Victoria County History, 1956), [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol3/pp337-340 pp. 337-340]
  21. ↑ Arthur Francis Leach, English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 (1896), p. 29: "Another singular story of the disappearance of an ancient foundation is that of Heytesbury School attached to Heytesbury Hospital in Wiltshire. This was (pp. 256, 262) the Hospital of S. John Baptist of the foundation of Margaret Lady Hungerford…"
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  23. ↑ Nicholas Carlisle, A Concise Description of the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and Wales, Volume 2 (Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818), p. 746 (noting attendance at the school of Simon Forman)
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  25. ↑ "City Grammar School, Salisbury" in Wiltshire Community History, Wiltshire Council, accessed 22 October 2023
  26. ↑ "The Bentley School, Calne", in Wiltshire Victoria County History , Vol. 5 (London: Victoria County History, 1957), pp. 348–368
  27. ↑ Keith Berry, Bradford on Avon's schools: the story of education in a small Wiltshire town (Bradford on Avon, Ex Libris Books, 1998 ISBN   0-948578-96-3, p: 123
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