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Église Saint-Michel-et-Tous-les-Anges de Hawkshead
L'église Saint-Michel-et-Tous-les-Anges (anglais : St Michael and All Angels Church) est un édifice religieux anglican situé dans le village de Hawkshead, Cumbria, Angleterre. C'est une église paroissiale dans le doyenné de Windermere, l'archidiaconé de Westmorland et Furness et le diocèse de Carlisle. Son bénéfice est uni à ceux de quatre paroisses locales pour former le bénéfice de Hawkshead avec Low Wray et Sawrey et Rusland et Satterthwaite. L'église est enregistrée dans la liste du patrimoine national pour l'Angleterre en Catégorie I. Hyde et Pevsner, dans la série Buildings of England, la décrivent comme étant « l'une des meilleures églises du Lake District ».
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead
St Michael and All Angels Church is in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of four local parishes to form the Benefice of Hawkshead with Low Wray and Sawrey and Rusland and Satterthwaite. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Hyde and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England series, describe it as being "one of the best Lake District churches".
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Hawkshead Grammar School
Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area. He petitioned Queen Elizabeth I for a charter to set up the school and endowed it will sufficient land and property for the education to be free, and for many years it was known as 'The Free Grammar School of Hawkshead'. The early School taught Latin, Greek and sciences, including arithmetic and geometry. At its peak in 1750-1800, it had a very good reputation for teaching Maths and getting boys into Cambridge, and attracted pupils from across the North of England and southern Scotland. Although the School closed in 1909, the building functions today as Hawkshead Grammar School Museum and is open to the public.
The building is Grade II* listed.
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Hawkshead Grammar School Museum
The museum operates in the old Hawkshead Grammar School building from 1 April through to 31 October. It gives an introductory talk about the school, highlighting interesting features in the school room and the upstairs exhibition space. Visitors may feel the atmosphere and almost believe they are in a working English schoolroom of 200 years ago where the languages used were Latin and Greek.
Visitors may see the Elizabethan charter from 1585, books from the library collection, original school desks (from 1585 and 1830s) and where William Wordsworth carved his initials into the desk.
The museum provides talks to large tour groups and offers a quiz for visitors to complete as they explore the museum.
Seasonal special events are offered at the museum.
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Hawkshead Market Hall
Hawkshead Market Hall, also known as Hawkshead Town Hall, is a municipal building in The Square in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Hawkshead Parish Council, is a Grade II listed building.
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Hawkshead
Hawkshead is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies within the Lake District National Park and was historically part of Lancashire. The parish includes the hamlets of Hawkshead Hill, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the north west, and Outgate, a similar distance north. Hawkshead contains one primary school and four public houses.