Church Street: Barnsley Grammar School
An interesting early c.1910 view of the street facade of what became Barnsley Grammar School (now the Cooper Gallery). The building was soon to be remodelled as a school and often appears partly ivy-clad on the right, lower side. In mid Victorian times it was in part occupied as a Reading Room and served as the Church Institute. See E.G.Tasker's 'Barnsley Streets”: vol 1, pp 28-29. The great railway engineer Joseph Locke was a former pupil and the subsequent 'Locke Scholarships' became a feature of advertisements for access via 'competitative examinations'.
Church Street
File Number: EGT270
Tasker Trust