Information for record number MWA2303:
Brailes Free School

Summary Brailes Free School was founded in the Post Medieval period and continued in use until the 1960s. It was situated to the east of the church at Lower Brailes.
What Is It?  
Type: School
Period: Post-medieval - Modern (1540 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brailes
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 39
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The Free School was founded in 1533. The school was being maintained by an annual payment of £8-1s-8d out of the yearly church revenue. The chantry commissioners during the reign of Edward VI found 'that a grammer scole hath been continuallye kept in Brailes', and ordered its continuance, with John Pyttes as master. The Guild Hall was used as the school house until 1819 when it was rebuilt on the same site near the churchyard. The school for boys was still flourishing, but now as an endowed elementary school, until 1916 when an amalgamation with girls and infants took place and new premises were required but the older building was still used occasionally as an annexe to the junior school, until 1960. Today the building is still in use for meetings of church members.
4 Note the reference to the Guild Hall. This is an important refernce to the site of the religious fraternity associated with the church.
5 Detached single storey red brick school building.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: History, Directory and Gazetteer of Warwickshire
Author/originator: White F
Date: 1874
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 2, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Page W (ed)
Date: 1908
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: Historic House Survey, Brailes
Author/originator: Ben Wallace
Date: 2015/16
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: English Schools at the Reformation
Author/originator: Leach A F
Date:
Page Number: 235, 237, 244
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
A plan of Brailes Free School
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1879
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument JUNIOR SCHOOL * A school attended by children between the ages of seven and eleven. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ELEMENTARY SCHOOL * A school in which elementary subjects are taught to young children. back
monument FREE SCHOOL * A school where no fees were charged. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. back
monument SCHOOL HOUSE * A building appropriated by a school for the purpose of teaching pupils. back

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