02/10/10 17:07
The early name of School is vague but in recent times it has been known as Minster Collegiate Grammar School, Southwell Minster Grammar School and now Minster School Southwell. Ann Page says that ‘There is evidence of a grammar school back in the year 955, with the names of masters, location of schoolrooms, but not until 1777 are choristers mentioned’. This would put The Minster School at ‘The 8th oldest Schools in the UK’. Read More...Tags: History, SMGS, Choristers, Minster, School, 8th Oldest School
14/09/10 17:20
The History of the Minster School was written and researched by David Hutchinson, a former history teacher at the Minster School. The present Southwell Minster School came into being in September 1976 as an 11-18, co-educational comprehensive. One of our "ancestors" was a grammar school, established in the Middle Ages. No precise date can be given to the grammar school's foundation. Read More...Tags: Minster School, History, History Book, Hutchinson
