Burnley Grammar School

{{Short description|Grammar school in Lancashire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Burnley Grammar School | image = | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|53.795|-2.293|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = 1559 | closed = 1981 | type = Grammar school | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = | head = | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | specialist = | address = Byron Street | city = [[Burnley]] | county = [[Lancashire]] | country = England | postal_code = | local_authority = [[Lancashire]] | ofsted = | staff = | enrolment = | gender = Male | lower_age = 13 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = }}

'''Burnley Grammar School''' was latterly, a state-funded selective boys' [[grammar school]], situated in Byron Street in [[Burnley]], [[Lancashire]]. However, during its long history, it moved between a number of sites in the town.

==History== In 1552, on the order of [[Edward VI of England]], [[Chantries]] were dissolved, effectively closing the Chantry School in Burnley. The lands that had funded the chantry, were purchased by some of the wealthy men of the parish and granted to the former chantry priests for the rest of their lives. This enabled the chantry school to continue to operate for a few more years.<ref name="Burnley">{{Cite book|last=Lowe|first=John|title=Burnley|publisher=Phillimore|year=1985|isbn=978-0-85033-595-8}}</ref>

By 1558 it had become obvious that the chantries would not be restored and the men urged the endowment of a Free [[Grammar School#Early grammar schools|Grammar School]], with additional gifts of land and rents. February 1, 1559, the Habergham deed was sealed marking the beginning of the Burnley Grammar School. The [[Towneley (family)|Towneley family]] - along with the Haydock, Habergham, Woodruff and Whitacre - were the founders and governors of the school.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=055-ddx1344&cid=0#0 The National Archives] Accessed 2010</ref> [[File:The Parish Church of St Peter, Burnley - geograph.org.uk - 763774.jpg|thumb|right|256px|[[St Peter's Church, Burnley|St. Peter's Church]], [[Burnley]]]] Its first [[headmaster]] was a former [[chantry]] priest, Gilbert Fairbank, with lessons initially taught at his home next to [[St Peter's Church, Burnley|St Peter's Church]] ({{Coord|53.792|N|2.240|W}}). In 1602, one of the governors, John Towneley, paid for a new [[school]]house to be built in the churchyard.<ref>Hall & Spencer, ''Burnley: A Pictorial History'', p.[2]</ref>

There was a dispute throughout the 1680s between the [[Catholic]] Towneleys and the school's [[Anglican]] governors over the choice of schoolmasters. This resulted in the building the construction of an Anglican schoolhouse ({{Coord|53.793|N|2.240|W}}) in 1693. The school is situated across the [[River Brun]] in an area then known as Brown Hill.<ref name="Burnley"/> In 1728 the Suffolk-based, Burnley born clergyman, Henry Halstead left a large collection of books to the School's library.<ref>MF Snape ''The Church of England in industrialising society: the Lancashire parish of Whalley'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hl4EiL6CeVgC Full text at Google books]</ref>

[[File:Old Grammar School, Burnley.jpg|thumb|left|256px|Former Burnley [[Grammar School]] (1874-1959)]] The school seems to have been in decline in second half of the 19th century, even as the town rapidly expanded around it. An education commissioner's report from the late 1860s showed attendance to be low and the schoolhouse in a poor state. Wealthy families shunned the school in favour of distant boarding schools, and several attempts to raise funds for a new building failed.<ref>Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire ''The Transactions, Volume 9'' Vol. X p.19-24 [https://books.google.com/books?id=wwMNAAAAYAAJ Full text at Google books]</ref> During 1871 the Governors of the school agreed to allow representatives of the Town Council and School Board to join them, in return for financial aid. This resulted in the 1874 opening of new school buildings across Bank Parade ({{Coord|53.793|N|2.241|W|}}),<ref>{{citation| last=Bennett| first=Walter| title=The History of Burnley| volume=4| publisher=Burnley Corporation| year=1951 |pages=190–195 | oclc=220326580}}</ref> which can still be seen today.<ref>[http://www.visitburnley.com/timeline.php www.visitburnley.com]. Accessed 6 November 2007</ref> Despite an agreement at this time to establish a girls department once funding could be established, no action was taken. By the late 1890s, it looked like the school board would create a rival higher grade school,<ref>Sheila Fletcher ''Feminists and bureaucrats: a study in the development of girls' education in the nineteenth century'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=wT09AAAAIAAJ Full text at Google books]</ref> which would likely be disastrous for the grammar school. Some girls were allowed to attend from 1903 and it was taken over entirely by the council in 1904. It was decided that an equivalent girls' school should be created and [[Burnley High School for Girls]] opened in Ormerod Road in 1909 ({{Coord|53.793|N|2.238|W|}}).<ref name="e252">{{cite book | last=Park | first=Terence | title=Burnley | date=8 February 2015 | isbn=978-1-326-17903-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy9lCQAAQBAJ | access-date=3 June 2025 | page=| publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> It moved to a new building in the former grounds of Ivy Bank House in the 1951 ({{Coord|53.794|N|2.288|W|}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Burnley High School for Girls |url=http://www.burnleyexpress.net/community/peek-into-the-past/burnley_high_school_for_girls_1_1696768 |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=Burnley Express |date=1 June 2010 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> In 1959 the grammar school moved once again to larger premises on Byron Street ({{Coord|53.795|N|2.293|W|}}), next to the girls' school,<ref name="Burnley"/> with Ivy Bank Secondary Modern School also constructed on the site in the 1960s.

The mixed [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] Habergham High School was formed in 1981, from the merger of two schools, with the girls' school becoming the sixth form centre.

Burnley Grammar School's last headteacher was Keith Panter.<ref name="a750">{{cite news| title=Tributes to former Burnley headteacher | work=Lancashire Telegraph | date=31 August 2014 | url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11442991.Tributes_to_former_Burnley_headteacher/ | access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>

In 2006 Habergham merged with Ivy Bank to form [[Hameldon Community College]], which in 2010 moved to a new building on Coal Clough Lane. In 2015 it was announced that the recently opened [[free school (England)|free school]], [[Burnley High School|Burnley High]], will have a new building on the former Habergham site.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jon Robinson |title=New multi-million pound campus will be built for Burnley's controversial free school |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/12923674.New_multi_million_pound_campus_will_be_built_for_Burnley___s_controversial_free_school |date=30 April 2015 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph| publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=10 February 2016}}</ref>

==Alumni== ===Burnley Grammar School=== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} ;Pre-twentieth century *[[John Bardsley|John Wareing Bardsley]], [[Bishop of Sodor and Man]] between 1887 and 1891, then [[Bishop of Carlisle]].<ref name="Bennett 1949 329-330">{{citation| last=Bennett| first=Walter| title=The History of Burnley| volume=3| publisher=Burnley Corporation| year=1949 | oclc=220326580 |pages=329–330}}</ref> * [[Arthur Bell (footballer)|Arthur Bell]], architect and amateur [[Burnley FC]] footballer 1902–09.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ray|last=Simpson|title=The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club|year=2007|page=574|publisher=Burnley Football Club |isbn=978-0-9557468-0-2}}</ref> * [[Henry Halliwell]], Dean and [[Hebrew]] lecturer at [[Brasenose College, Oxford]], [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of [[Clayton, West Sussex|Clayton]]-cum-[[Keymer]] and translator of the [[classics]].<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Halliwell, Henry}}</ref><ref name="Bennett 1949 329-330" /> * [[Philip Gilbert Hamerton]], 19th-century artist, art critic and author.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Hamerton, Philip Gilbert}}</ref><ref name="Bennett 1949 329-330" /> * [[William Mitchell (Lancashire politician)|William Mitchell]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP for [[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]] from 1900 to 1906.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U189018/MITCHELL_William |title=MITCHELL, William |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Francis Robert Raines]], vicar of [[Milnrow]] and vice-president of the [[Chetham Society]] from 1858 to 1878.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Raines, Francis Robert}}</ref><ref name="Bennett 1949 329-330" /> * [[Richard Shaw (MP for Burnley)|Richard Shaw (MP)]], the first MP for [[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]] 1868–76.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chance to drink a little history |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6080495.Chance_to_drink_a_little_history |date=31 May 2000 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[John Stephenson (zoologist)|John Stephenson]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] FRCS, a surgeon and zoologist who was a leading expert on the [[earthworm]]s of the Indian subcontinent. * [[Richard Tattersall]], founder of the racehorse auctioneers [[Tattersalls]] in 1766.<ref>{{cite news |author=Roger Frost |title=Burnley's historic links to horse-racing fame |url=http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/columnists/burnley-s-historic-links-to-horse-racing-fame-1-6946653 |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=Burnley Express |date=13 November 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref>

;Twentieth century * Sir Herbert Ashworth, chairman from 1972 to 1986 of [[Nationwide Building Society]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Dennis Brockwell |title=Obituary: Sir Herbert Ashworth |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/feb/14/guardianobituaries |publisher=Guardian |date=14 February 2001 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * John Benn [[Order of the Bath|CB]], Chairman of the Northern Ireland School Examinations Council (NISEC, now called the [[Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment]]) from 1974 to 1981 and Pro-Chancellor Queen's University Belfast 1979–86.<ref>{{cite news |author=Desmond Hetherington |title=Obituary: John Benn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-benn-1558652.html |publisher=Independent |date=20 October 1992 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Mervyn Brooker]], former cricketer and headmaster, [[King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys]] 1995–2002 and [[Bolton School]] Boys' Division 2003–08.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U8882 |title=BROOKER, Mervyn Edward William |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[Fred Brown (virologist)|Fred Brown]] [[OBE]], virologist, Professor of Microbiology from 1989 to 1990 at the [[University of Surrey]].<ref>{{cite news |author=John Beale |title=Professor Fred Brown |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-fred-brown-38125.html |publisher=Independent |date=6 March 2004 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof Kenneth Cameron [[CBE]], Professor of English Language from 1964 to 1987 at the [[University of Nottingham]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Victor Watts |author-link=Victor Watts |title=Obituary: Prof Kenneth Cameron |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/09/guardianobituaries.books |publisher=Guardian |date=9 April 2001 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Sir Colin Campbell, [[Town Clerk]] at [[Burnley]] 1923-35 and [[Plymouth]] 1935–53.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U152930/CAMPBELL_Sir_Colin |title=CAMPBELL, Sir Colin |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=14 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof John Collinge [[CBE]], Professor of Neurology since 2001 at [[University College London]].<ref name = "LTHab"/> * [[David Crossland]], former Chairman of Airtours (now known as [[MyTravel Group]]), who founded the company in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |author=Joanna Walters |title=Journey's end for the king of the costas? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/nov/19/theobserver.observerbusiness10 |publisher=Guardian |date=19 November 2000 |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Harry Crossley, Chief Executive from 1974 to 1979 of Derbyshire County Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U177824/CROSSLEY_Harry |title=CROSSLEY, Harry |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Air Marshal]] Sir [[Herbert Durkin]] [[CBE]], worked on the [[Oboe (navigation)|Oboe]] and [[GEE (navigation)|GEE]] RAF wartime navigation systems, prepared the electrical systems for [[Operation Hurricane]] in 1952, and was President of the [[Institution of Electrical Engineers]] (IEE) from 1980 to 1981.<ref>{{cite news |title=Air Marshal Sir Herbert Durkin |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1460135/Air-Marshal-Sir-Herbert-Durkin.html |publisher=Telegraph |date=24 April 2004 |accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U14414/DURKIN_Air_Marshal_Sir_Herbert |title=DURKIN, Air Marshal Sir Herbert |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Ernest Faraday, great-great-nephew of [[Michael Faraday]], and designer of electrical illuminations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ernest Faraday |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1371936/Ernest-Faraday.html |publisher=Telegraph |date=27 October 2000 |accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Peter Guttridge (writer and critic)|Peter Guttridge]], novelist and critic.<ref name = "LTHab">{{cite news |title=Our school... |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6010366.Our_school___ |date=10 September 2001 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Sir John Hacking, Chief Engineer of the [[Central Electricity Board]] from 1944 to 1947, and President from 1951 to 1952 of the IEE.<ref>{{citation |title=Obituary: John Hacking |journal=Journal of the Institute of Fuel |date=1970 |number=43 |publisher=Institute of Fuel |page=67}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U52894/HACKING_Sir_John |title=HACKING, Sir John |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Dr Albert Haffner, Chairman of the North Eastern Gas Board from 1971 to 1972, and President of the [[Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers|Institution of Gas Engineers]] from 1962 to 1963.<ref>{{citation |title=Obituary: Albert Haffner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klVWAAAAMAAJ&q=Burnley+Grammar |journal=Gas Engineering and Management |date=1996 |number=36 |publisher=Institution of Gas Engineers |accessdate=14 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Eric Halsall]], provided the commentary from 1976 to 1990 for ''[[One Man and His Dog]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Steve Chapples |title=How Eric became top dog on TV show |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/10094358.How_Eric_became_top_dog_on_TV_show |date=6 December 2012 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=14 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[Ian Hargreaves]], Professor of Journalism since 1998 at 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|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/1998/07/01/Lancashire+Archive/6150063.Man_who_sold_London_Bridge_dies |date=1 July 1998 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof Frank Hodson, Professor of Geology from 1958 to 1981 at the [[University of Southampton]].<ref>{{citation |title=Obituary: Frank Hodson |url=https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/newsletters/number_52/number52.pdf |periodical=The Palaeontology Newsletter |date=March 2003 |number=36 |publisher=The Palaeontological Association |pages=46–7 |accessdate=14 February 2016}}</ref> * Nigel Hunter ([[Danbert Nobacon]]), musician – [[Chumbawamba]].<ref name = "LTHab"/> * [[Willis Jackson, Baron Jackson of Burnley]], Professor of Electrical Engineering at [[Imperial College London]] from 1946 to 1953 and 1961–7, and President of the IEE from 1959 to 1960 and the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]] from 1966 to 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=2212&inst_id=3 |title=JACKSON, Willis, Baron Jackson of Burnley (1904–1970) |publisher=AIM25 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |archive-date=26 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926212003/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=2212&inst_id=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * David McLeod, Consultant Surgeon at the [[Manchester Royal Eye Hospital]] and Professor of Ophthalmology at the [[University of Manchester]] since 1988.<ref name = "LTHab"/> * Dr Jeff Merrifield, (author, playwright) director of Playback Arts since 1975.{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} * [[Richard Moore (actor)|Richard Moore]], former [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] and television actor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5840979.Emmerdale_star_sneaks_his_Clarets_scarf_into_show_scenes |title=Emmerdale star sneaks his Clarets scarf into show scenes |date=15 May 2004 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Richard Alvin Neilson]] [[CMG (Honour)|CMG]] [[LVO]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Colombia|Ambassador to Colombia]] from 1987 to 1990 and [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Chile|Chile]] from 1990 to 1993, and High Commissioner to [[Trinidad and Tobago]] from 1994 to 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U180761/NEILSON_Richard_Alvin |title=NEILSON, Richard Alvin |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Sir Hubert Newton, chairman from 1976 to 1985 of [[Britannia Building Society]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U167585/NEWTON_Sir_Hubert |title=NEWTON, Sir Hubert |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Sir George Ogden, Chief Executive from 1973 to 1976 of [[Greater Manchester County Council|Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U167720/OGDEN_Sir_George_Chester |title=OGDEN, Sir George (Chester) |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[Steve Ormerod]], Professor of Ecology since 2001 at [[Cardiff University]] and chairman of the [[RSPB]] Council.<ref>{{cite news |author=Simone O'Kane |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10265784.New_RSPB_boss_discovered_love_of_nature_growing_up_in_Burnley |title=New RSPB boss discovered love of nature growing up in Burnley |date=4 March 2013 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[Theodore Osborn]], Sherardian Professor of Botany from 1937 to 1953 at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U158163/OSBORN_Theodore_George_Bentley |title=OSBORN, Theodore George Bentley |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=April 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]], composer.<ref name = "LTHab"/> * Dr David Pickersgill Treasurer of The British Medical Association 2002–2011.{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} * Prof [[John Pickstone|John V. Pickstone]], historian of science, technology and medicine at the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Worboys |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/23/john-pickstone |title=John Pickstone obituary |publisher=Guardian |date=23 February 2014 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Judge David MW Pickup, formerly Barrister on the Northern Circuit 1984–2014, Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, Fee-paid Judge of the Mental Health Tribunal 2006, Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Immigration & Asylum Tribunal (IAC) 2006, Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge (IAC) 2012, appointed Salaried First-tier Tribunal Judge of the IAC 2018, appointed Salaried Upper Tribunal Judge (IAC) 2019. Author of ‘The Pick and Flower of England, the Story of the Mormons in Victorian England’, Living Legend 2001, and various law journal articles including, ‘Reverse Discrimination and Freedom of Movement for Workers’, (1986) Common Market Law Review Vol 23 Issue 1, pp. 135–156. * Prof [[Kenneth Rawnsley]] [[CBE]], Professor of Psychological Medicine from 1964 to 1985 at Cardiff University.<ref>{{citation |author=Henry R. Rollin |title=Obituary: Kenneth Rawnsley |url=http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/pbrcpsych/16/9/587.full.pdf |journal=Psychiatric Bulletin |date=1992 |volume=16 |publisher=The Royal College of Psychiatrists |pages=587–589|accessdate=13 February 2016|doi=10.1192/pb.16.9.587}}</ref> * Martyn Robinson, Artist.{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} * Philip Rogers [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]], optical designer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U245402/ROGERS_Philip_John |title=ROGERS, Philip John |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=Nov 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Robert Sheldon, Baron Sheldon]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP for [[Ashton under Lyne (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashton under Lyne]] from 1964 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U34622/SHELDON |title=SHELDON, Baron |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Alfred Victor Smith]], 1st World War [[Victoria Cross|VC]] winning Army Officer.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dominic Collis |title=Burnley war hero remembered |url=http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/local/burnley-war-hero-remembered-1-7568013 |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=Burnley Express |date=12 November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof Sir [[Edwin Southern]], Professor of Biochemistry at the [[University of Oxford]] since 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roche.de/presse/8-CV%20Southern.pdf|title=Edwin Southern CV|publisher=Roche|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402052847/http://www.roche.de/presse/8-CV%20Southern.pdf|archivedate=2 April 2012}}</ref> * [[Martin Starkie]], actor and director.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leading Burnley actor dies |url=http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/local-news/leading_burnley_actor_dies_1_2768647 |publisher=Johnston Press |newspaper=Burnley Express |date=17 November 2010 |accessdate=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309112218/http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/local-news/leading_burnley_actor_dies_1_2768647 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Ronald Tate, President Royal Town Planning Institute 2005/6. * Norman Tattersall, [[baritone]] and Director of Opera at the School of Music, [[Colchester Institute]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Norman Tattersall |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1331136/Norman-Tattersall.html |publisher=Telegraph |date=22 May 2001 |accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref> *Prof David Taylor, Professor of Geography, [[Trinity College Dublin]] 2001-12 and Professor of Tropical Environmental Change, [[National University of Singapore]] since 2012.{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} * [[Paul Taylor (DJ)|Paul Taylor]], DJ and club promoter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul's lament for fallen Angels |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5944450.Paul_s_lament_for_fallen_Angels |date=28 September 2002 |newspaper=Lancashire Telegraph |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |accessdate=11 February 2016}}</ref> * Prof [[Frank Thistlethwaite]] [[CBE]], founding Vice-Chancellor from 1961 to 1980 of the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref>{{citation |author=Michael Sanderson |title=The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50HjSi5o8J0C&q=Frank+Thistlethwaite+Burnley+Grammar&pg=PA41 |year=2002 |publisher=Hambledon and London |page=41 |isbn=9781852853365 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Boff Whalley|Boff (Allan) Whalley]], musician – [[Chumbawamba]].<ref name = "LTHab"/> * S.D. Whitaker; Senior Master of the Queen's Bench Division - H.M. Remembrancer. * [[Air Commodore]] Robert Parker Musgrave Whitham [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[OBE]] [[Military Cross|MC]], [[RAF]], Director of War Organization, [[Air Ministry]] [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U233403/WHITHAM_Air_Cdre_Temp._Air_Vice-Marshal_Robert_Parker_Musgrave |title=WHITHAM, Air Cdre (Temp. Air Vice-Marshal) Robert Parker Musgrave |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * [[Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough]], Lib Dem MP from 1997 to 2010 for [[Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate and Knaresborough]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Harvey McGavin |title=My best teacher |url=https://www.tes.com/article.aspx?storycode=344803https://www.tes.com/article.aspx |date=11 May 2008 |publisher=TES |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Peter Wren, Chief Executive of the [[English Speaking Board]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}} * Ian Hughes, Ancient historian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ianhughesma.com/ |title=Ian Hughe website |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817190821/https://www.ianhughesma.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{div col end}}

===Burnley High School for Girls=== * [[Fiona Bruce (politician)|Fiona Bruce]], [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U251099/BRUCE_Fiona_Claire |title=BRUCE, Fiona Claire |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref> * Patricia Taylor, Headmistress of former [[Parsons Mead School]].<ref name = "LTHab"/> * Miranda Carruthers-Watt, Chief Executive of Lancashire Police Authority since 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U245886/CARRUTHERS-WATT_Miranda_Lucy_Mary_Mrs_P._Vercoe |title=CARRUTHERS-WATT, Miranda Lucy Mary, (Mrs P. Vercoe) |series=Who's Who |publisher=A & C Black, Oxford University Press |date=November 2015 |accessdate=13 February 2016}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|3}}

==External links== *[https://vimeo.com/album/3066237/video/107804397 Silent footage of Sports Day 1961] Sam Hanna ([[Vimeo]] - [[North West Film Archive]]) *Reference to history of Burnley Grammar School on [http://boards.footymad.net/showthread.php?t=37318105 Turfites Talk]

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