Early Yorkshire Schools

A survey of seven ancient Yorkshire schools by the historian Arthur Francis Leach (1851–1915), first published in 1903.

Arthur Francis Leach (Author)

9781108058599, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2013

558 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.81 kg

Published for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1903, this second volume of a two-volume survey sets out to collect and put into historical context the extant documentation relating to the foundation and early history of seven Yorkshire schools: Pontefract, Howden, Northallerton, Acaster, Rotherham, Giggleswick and Sedbergh. Although none is as ancient as the three cathedral schools surveyed in the first volume, the documentation - the earliest of which is typically in Latin, while later documents tend to be in English - extends from 1139 and the founding of Pontefract Grammar, takes in Rotherham College from its foundation in 1483, and includes a full record of Sedbergh School, from its genesis in the 1520s through its re-establishment in 1551 and up to the end of the seventeenth century. Arthur Francis Leach (1851–1915), dubbed 'the father of the history of education in England', provides an introductory narrative to accompany these primary sources.

Introduction
Pontefract grammar school
Northallerton grammar school
Howden grammar school
Acaster grammar school
Rotherham grammar school
Giggleswick grammar school
Sedbergh grammar school
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]