Former "Gresham's" Building, Holt, Norfolk
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Former "Gresham's" Building, Holt, Norfolk
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 10 Aug 2018
This, the original school, was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham, a wealthy merchant and one time financial agent to Cardinal Wolsey. He also served as Lord Mayor of London. He was responsible for the conversion of the Manor House into a free Grammar School in 1562 following Henry VIII’s suppression of the monasteries. The school was created to educate 50 free scholars, i.e. boys of Holt and nearby villages. Not only did Gresham, a native of Holt and an alderman and citizen of London, endow the school but he also arranged for the management of the school to be vested in the Fishmongers' Company of London. The school survived the town’s Great Fire of 1708 which destroyed most of medieval Holt and then was extensively enlarged and refurbished in 1858. The main school transferred to its Cromer Road site in 1903. This building is now known as the ‘Old School House’ and currently serves as Gresham’s Pre-Prep (i.e. nursery) School.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.905561
Longitude
1.091053