Education
The earliest record of a school in Chorlton is the will of Sir Nicholas Mosley of Hough End Hall, lord of the manor of Manchester (d. 1612) who left £100 to pay a schoolmaster annually £5 for 20 years after his death. The Wesleyan Methodists began both a Sunday school and a day school ca. 1810, whereas the Anglican Sunday school did not begin until a later date. In 1845 the Rev. William Birley was responsible for the building of a Church School at Chorlton Green. When the building was found to be inadequate it was replaced by a new building on the site in 1879. A number of private schools also existed in the late 19th century including C. C. Dadley's grammar school and Tom Mostyn's art school. In 1898 a school was under construction for the Roman Catholic parish of St Augustine and in 1901 a new church school at St Clement's Road replaced the previous building but the older building continued to be used for infants and juniors until this was no longer necessary. In 1904 when Chorlton was incorporated into Manchester a municipal school was opened which moved to its permanent school building in Oswald Road in 1909.
At the present time the secondary schools in Chorlton are the Loreto High School, Chorlton High School and the Islamic High School for Girls at High Lane. The existing building of Chorlton High School replaced the old school at Sandy Lane which was formerly Chorlton Grammar School.
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