King Henry VIII Grammar School 1542-1898
Henry VIII founded the grammar school here. He gave the old parish church, St John's, to house the school and granted some of the taxes (the tithes) of the closed down priory to pay for it.
Henry VIII founded the grammar school here. He gave the old parish church, St John's, to house the school and granted some of the taxes (the tithes) of the closed down priory to pay for it.