Wakefield Family History Sharing

 

Wakefield Grammar School

transcribed from 'The History of Wakefield Grammar School' by M H Peacock, MA, B Mus, the 21st Headmaster.

Written in commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of its foundation

printed 1892 by W H Milnes, The Radcliffe Printing Works

 

List of Benefactors

The Grammar School has not always been in its position on Northgate. The school was originally housed at Lady Bower, near the present market.

 

There are many lists in the posession of the Govenors recording names of the numerous benefactors to the School, and the nature and conditions of the gifts.In the list below you will see that certain names are mentioned more than once, this may be due to a gift or deed and then a later gift by means of a will. One of these lists appears on a painted board in Wakefield Cathedral with the title 'A List of the Piious and Worthy Benefactors to this Town and Parish', but this is by no means complete.

Below is a list of people who gave messuages of land, rent from, properties or gave grants or left money in a will.