- Hartlebury
Hartlebury is a
village inWorcestershire ,England . It is a few miles south ofKidderminster and is inWychavon district. The village registered apopulation of 2,549 in the Census 2001.The railway station is about half a mile to the east of the village.
Hartlebury Castle , built in the mid-13th century as a fortifiedmanor house , is the residence of theBishop of Worcester , and two-thirds of the building is leased out to Worcestershire County Council as the County Museum. Hartlebury Castle is a Grade Ilisted building . It is about a mile to the west of the village and half a mile to the west of the church.Hartlebury was formerly the location of Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School. A detailed account is given of the school in "A Concise Description of the Endowed Schools in England and Wales" by Nicholas Carlisle, p757, Pub. Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1818 ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=rY-8ceSYvWoC&pg=PA757&lpg=PA757&dq=hartlebury+grammar+school&source=web&ots=A6pzUitiTu&sig=gejL_xPsPw-K6I8rBI5YLiqjbpw] ). Records of the school date back to a mention in the "
Domesday Book " ofWilliam the Conqueror in 1066, but apart from that, other early accounts date back to 1400, centuries before Eton, Harrow and Rugby were founded. The school was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1557. Whilst originally a private boys school, it was taken over by the State, and was closed when it was merged in 1977 with King Charles I Grammar School, Kidderminster, and The Kidderminster Girls High School. Unfortunately, the historic old school was sold off to become a private residence. The magnificent new building, with its commanding views over the countryside, was narrowly rescued from demolition by the Old Boys Association. It was run as a private school for young boys and girls until 2007, and then as a charitable organisation. Then in 2008 it was re-launched as The New Elizabethan School.It is also a
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