What is recorded here

This slate commemorative plaque records: As part of Sir Thomas' Foundation Deed of Midsummer 1693, the School moved from the Elizabethan Town Hall to its present site during the reign of King William and Queen Mary. We read 'Sir Thomas Cookes of Bentley, in the County of Worcester, Baronet, hath built at Bromsgrove a large and convenient School-house, with a very good Dwelling-house for a School-master'. Incised on a corner stone at the north-west angle of this building is the date '1695'.

Sir Thomas Cooke, 2nd Baronet, was a prominent landowner who significantly contributed to education in Bromsgrove by founding Bromsgrove School in 1693, establishing it on its current site and constructing essential facilities for teaching and residence.

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