Urswick Grammar School

Coordinates: 54°09′00″N 3°07′37″W / 54.150°N 3.127°W / 54.150; -3.127

Urswick Grammar School was located in Little Urswick, Cumbria, England. The school was founded in 1585 as the result of a royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I.

For the first few years, boys were educated by the minister in the church. Subsequently, the school building was built in Little Urswick.

Amalgamation

This building, with various extensions, remained in use until the late 1990s, when the school was amalgamated with two other local primary schools to form Low Furness Primary School, which is located in Great Urswick. The disused school buildings have been converted into housing.

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II

In 1985, the school celebrated its quatercentenary. In celebration of this fact the Queen visited the school. This was part of a year-long programme of Elizabethan-themed events.

Resources

Low Furness in the 17th and 18th centuries

Schools in Cumbria

Primary	Chetwynde School Holme St Cuthbert School Stanwix School

Secondary	Appleby Grammar School Caldew School Cartmel Priory School Chetwynde School Cockermouth School Dallam School Dowdales School Energy Coast UTC Furness Academy John Ruskin School Keswick School Kirkbie Kendal School Kirkby Stephen Grammar School The Lakes School Millom School Nelson Thomlinson School Newman Catholic School Queen Elizabeth School Queen Katherine School Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Morton Academy St Bernard's Catholic High School St Benedict's Catholic High School Samuel King's School Settlebeck School Solway Community Technology College Trinity School Ullswater Community College Ulverston Victoria High School Walney School West Lakes Academy The Whitehaven Academy William Howard School Workington Academy

Grammar	Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Special	Eden Grove School Witherslack Hall School

Independent	Austin Friars St Monica's School Sedbergh School Windermere School

Sixth form & FE colleges	Barrow Sixth Form College Furness College Kendal College Lakes College

Defunct	Barrow-in-Furness Grammar Schools Barrow-in-Furness Higher Grade School Casterton School Barrow-in-Furness Technical School Hawkshead Grammar School John Whinnerah Institute Parkview School St Bees School Salterbeck School Southfield Technology College Urswick Grammar School Wigton School Workington School

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