Monument record 164/2 - Grammar School

<1> Thompson, P, 1981, Congleton - The Archaeological Potential of a Town, p.7 (Report). SCH968.

The original grammar school dating from the late sixteenth century was adjacent to the upper chapel.

<2> Cheshire County Council, 2002, Cheshire Historic Towns Survey: Congleton Borough Part 1: Archaeological Assessments, p.7 (Report). SCH6977.

‘…By 1584 a grammar school had been founded adjacent to the Higher Chapel and the corporation was responsible for its maintenance. No visible remains of this survive today. References in 1588 and 1600 to the old schoolhouse imply that it was of some antiquity and Head (see 3) states that ‘it is assumed to have been founded in the 15th century’…’

<3> Head R, 1887, Congleton, Past and Present: A History of this Old Cheshire Town, p.235 (Book). SCH969.