History and Administration

                                                   Plans of new grammar school, date unknown “showing new arrangements of old desks” “Plan showing an encroachment by Lights and a right of Road bet…

Click on the link below to access an excel spreadsheet of the 1862 – 1877 MGS admissions register Register of Admissions 1862 – 1877

A claim to fame for the MGS archive, this letter written by Florence Nightingale is a part of our collections that were held by Manchester City Council for a brief period during the 1980s to 2000s un…

Thomas De Quincey attended MGS for a mere nineteen months before famously running away. He later achieved acclaim as an essayist and journalist. He did not enjoy his brief time at the school, but for…

The Owl in the refectory was original displayed on the 1778 MGS buildings, and was moved to the refectory when the Old Hall Lane buildings opened in 1931. This owl was used to create the School's ca…

This sketch depicts the buildings on Long Millgate around 1760. No large changes were made to the buildings until 1776

Abstract of the Original Foundation Deed of the Manchester Free Grammar School "By Indenture, bearing date 20th August, 7th Henry VIII, between Hugh Oldham, bishop of Exeter, the Rev. Thomas Langley,…