Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — Ancient English School. [ARTICLE]

Ancient English School.

Giggleswick school celebrated recently a quarter-centenary, becauao this famous Weßt Riding seminary, though nominally one of King Edward Vl. ’s “Grammar Schools,” was really first founded in 1512 by James Carr, “chaplain to the chantry of the Rood" in Giggleswick parish church, who purchased a piece of land for the purpose from the prior of Durham. FVilcy, the author of the “Evidences or Christianity,” was educated at Giggleswick, where his father- was headmaster. Another famous former alumnus was Doctor Birkbeck,, the creator of mechanics Institutes, but better known to Londoners as the founder of Birkbeck college, A few years ago the school was presented with a magnificent chapel of remarkable architectural design by Mr. ( Walter Morrison. —Westminster Gazette. ,1