Monument record MDO45459 - Grammar School, Salisbury Street, Cranborne, Cranborne

[Listed under CRANBORNE] EDWARD STILLING FLEET, bishop of WORCESTER was born here in 1635 and was "educated at the grammer-school here, under MR GARDEN". <1>

[SU 05451335] T1 is correct. Traditionally, the grammer school was near the butcher's shop in the square. It was burned down in the mid 19th cent. It was a building raised on stilts and beneath it the market was held - shown on NORDEN'S survey of 1605 <1>. The grammar school was sited in the middle of the road according to tradition passed down from my forefathers. We have lived here for 150 years. I looked for foundations when the drains were laid through the site but there were none. <2>

The site is covered by a tarmac road. <3>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1774, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 1st edition, 137 (Monograph). SDO9551.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 21-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Oral Miss B Clarke 21.5.54 Historian. Cranborne (Unpublished document). SWX999.

<2.2> Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Oral Mr Lummon 21.5.54 Butcher. Cranborne (Unpublished document). SWX999.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 21-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213654 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 7:19PM