This list of schools was kindly submitted by David Short, of Ashwell Education Services. More information on the individual schools may be found in An Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire, which was edited by David and published in April 2011. David has also written a history of Ashwell Merchant Taylors' School, excerpts of which may be found in Snippets of Ashwell's History and in the journal, Herts Past & Present. Many thanks to David for this valuable addition to the Register!
Place | School | From | Type | Comments | |
1 | Abbots Langley | National | 1830/1 | N | |
2 | Aldenham | Platt's Free Grammar School | 1596 | G | |
3 | Aldenham | National | 1826 | N | |
4 | Ashwell | Chantry School | 1548 | O | |
5 | Ashwell | Merchant Taylors' School | 1655 | C | |
6 | Aspendon | Aspendon Free School (Mary Carter) | 1704 | C | |
7 | Aston | National | 1832/3 | N | |
8 | Barkway | William Moore's Charity | 1608 | C | |
9 | Barley | Chapman's | post 1626 | C | |
10 | Bayford | National | 1832/3 | N | |
11 | Berkhamsted | Bourne's Charity School | 1727 | C | |
12 | Berkhamsted | Free Grammar School | c1518 | G | |
13 | Berkhamsted | Francis's Combe (for the poor) | 1641 | G | |
14 | Bishop's Stortford | Grammar School | 14th c | G | |
15 | Bishop's Stortford | Grammar School (Margaret Dane) | 1579 | G | |
16 | Bishop's Stortford | National | 1818 | N | |
17 | Bishop's Stortford | Rev William Pollhill (for the poor) | 1722 | C | |
18 | Bishop's Stortford | (for poor boys) | 1730 | C | |
19 | Braughing | Braughing School (Marmaduke Tenant) | 1710 | C | |
20 | Braughing | National | 1815 | N | |
21 | Bricket Wood | Old Bricket School | pre 1838 | C | |
22 | Brookmans Park | National | 1824 | N | |
23 | Broxbourne | Broxbourne Free School (Sir Richard Lacy) | 1667 | C | |
24 | Broxbourne & Amwell | National | 1815 | N | |
25 | Buntingford | Buntingford Grammar school | 1625 | G | |
26 | Bushey | National | 1826 | N | |
27 | Cheshunt | Cheshunt Free School | 1642 | C | |
28 | Cheshunt | National | 1815 | N | |
29 | Chipping Barnet | Chipping Barnet Free Grammar School | 1573 | G | |
30 | Chipping Barnet | Elizabeth Allen's Free School | 1725 | C | |
31 | Chipping Barnet | National | 1824 | N | |
32 | Codicote | National | 1824 | N | |
33 | Colney Heath | Board | 1814 | O | |
34 | Cottered | Henry Soams | 1829 | C | |
35 | Datchworth | National | 1820 | N | |
36 | East Barnet | National | 1822 | N | |
37 | Elstree | National | 1820 | N | |
38 | Furneux Pelham | Furneux Pelham Charity School | 1724 | C | |
39 | Great Gaddesden | National | 1820 | N | |
40 | Great Hormead | National | 1815 | N | |
41 | Great Munden | National | 1827 | N | |
42 | Hatfield | National | 1814 | N | |
43 | Hatfield | Countess Anne's | 1733 | C | |
44 | Hemel Hempstead | Combe's School | 1641 | C | |
45 | Hemel Hempstead | Warren's School | 1796 | C | |
46 | Hemel Hempstead | National | 1829/30 | N | |
47 | Hertford | Hertford School (Hale's Free Grammar) | 1557 | G | |
48 | Hertford | Christ's Hospital | 1683 | C | |
49 | Hertford | Greencoat School | 1760 | C | |
50 | Hertford | Brown Coat | 1793 | C | |
51 | Hertford | National | 1813 | N | |
52 | Hertford | Infants & girls - British | 1815/1830 | B | |
53 | Hertford | Haileybury College | 1804 | O | |
54 | Hitchin | Hitchin Free School (John Mattock) | 1632 | C | |
55 | Hitchin | Hitchin Girls' Charity School | 1719 | C | |
56 | Hitchin | National | 1817 | N | |
57 | Hitchin | Boys - British | 1811 | B | |
58 | Hitchin | Girls and infants - British | 1816 | B | |
59 | Hitchin | Grammar | 1560 | G | |
60 | Hoddesdon & Broxbourne | National | 1815 | N | |
61 | Hoddesdon | Easter Jones | 1819 | C | |
62 | Kelshall | Ed Stoughton | 1597/8 | C | |
63 | Kelshall | John Jeneway | 1654 | C | |
64 | Kelshall | National | 1822 | N | |
65 | Kimpton | National | 1815 | N | |
66 | King's Langley | National | 1830 | N | |
67 | Layston | Grammar School (Elizabeth Freeman) | 1633 | G | |
68 | Little Berkhampstead | National | 1828 | N | |
69 | Little Hadham | National | 1815 | N | |
70 | Little Munden | National | 1822 | N | |
71 | Markyate | Market Street School | 1741 | C | |
72 | Much Hadham | Mary Hales -boys & girls | 1720 | C | |
73 | Much Hadham | National | 1814 | N | |
74 | Northaw | Charity | 1603-25 | C | |
75 | Offley | Day, boys & girls | 1804 | C | |
76 | Pirton | British | 1828 | B | |
77 | Preston | National | 1818 | N | |
78 | Redbourn | pre 1731 | O | school already existed as money given to the schoolmaster | |
79 | Rickmansworth | Rickmansworth Charity School | 1729 | C | |
80 | Rickmansworth | National | 1814 | N | |
81 | Rickmansworth | British | 1831 | B | |
82 | Royston | Infants - British | 1826 | B | |
83 | Sandridge | National | 1824 | N | |
84 | Sawbridgeworth | National | 1825 | N | |
85 | St Albans | National | 1814 | N | |
86 | St Albans | St Albans Grammar School | 9th c | G | |
87 | St albans | British | 1831 | B | |
88 | St Paul's Walden | National | 1826 | N | |
89 | Standon | Standon School | 1612 | C | |
90 | Standon | c1135 | O | John de Standon's? money given in 1815. Andrew Ayres Chatiry gave money in 1833 to a school. | |
91 | Stanstead Abbots | Stanstead Abbots Free Grammar School | 1635 | G | |
92 | Stanstead Abbots | National | 1817 | N | |
93 | Stevenage | Thomas Alleyn School | 1558 | G | |
94 | Stevenage | pre 1312 | G | ||
95 | Tewin | Dr Yarborough & Lady Cathcart | 1773 | C | |
96 | Therfield | Schoolhouse | pre 1600 | O | |
97 | Therfield | Therfield School | pre 1828 | C | |
98 | Therfield | Day school | 1818 | C | |
99 | Thorley | National | 1817 | N | |
100 | Walkern | National | 1830 | N | |
101 | Wallington | Brown's school | 1736 | C | |
102 | Ware | Ware Free School | 1612 | C | |
103 | Ware | Dame Margaret Tufton & Anne Ball | 1722 | C | |
104 | Ware | Btitish | 1818 | B | |
105 | Ware | National | 1820 | N | |
106 | Wareside | Wareside School | 1633 | C | |
107 | Watford | Watford Endowed Schools Francis Combe | 1640 | C | |
108 | Watford | Mrs Elizabeth Fuller | 1708 | C | |
109 | Watford | Cassiobury - British | 1819 | B | |
110 | Watton at Stone | Thompson's Free School | 1662 | C | |
111 | Watton at Stone | National | 1817 | N | |
112 | Welwyn | Dr Young's | 1765 | C | |
113 | Welwyn | National | 1830/1 | N | |
114 | Westmill | National | 1827 | N | |
115 | Wheathamstead | National | 1815 | N | |
116 | Widford | National | 1826 | N |