Hartlebury

{{See also|History of Worcestershire}}

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Hartlebury Castle was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house. Until 2007 it was the residence of the Bishop of Worcester, with two-thirds of the building leased out to Worcestershire County Council as the Worcestershire County Museum. Hartlebury Castle is a Grade I listed building. It is about a mile to the west of the village and half a mile to the west of the church.

Queen Elizabeth (I) Grammar School (the regnal number was added in 1952 on the accession of Elizabeth II) was in Hartlebury until 1977. The earliest record of the precursor to the school is in Domesday Book compiled in 1086. Other early accounts date to 1400, well before Harrow and Rugby were founded. The school was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1557.{{cite book| title = A Concise Description of the Endowed Schools in England and Wales| author = Nicholas Carlisle| publisher = Baldwin, Craddock and Joy | year = 1818 | volume = 2| chapter = Hartlebury, near Kidderminster | pages = 757–763| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rY-8ceSYvWoC&q=hartlebury+grammar+school&pg=PA757}} Originally a private boys school, it was taken over by the State, and was closed when it was merged in 1977 with King Charles I Grammar School, Kidderminster, and The Kidderminster Girls High School to form King Charles I School. The oldest building standing was converted to a house. Its magnificent New Building has commanding views over fields and woodland and rescued from demolition by its alumni association.[http://www.hoea.org.uk/ Hartlebury Old Elizabethans Association]

A very small independent school unconnected educationally with Hartlebury School opened in 2008: the fee-paying New Elizabethan School was set up to cater for children "who have found learning and school attendance difficult" on part{{Which|date=September 2017}} of the Hartlebury School site.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-17349752 |title = Ofsted criticises New Elizabethan School in Hartlebury - BBC News| work=BBC News | date=13 March 2012 }} A private school, for young boys and girls, operated there 1979–2007, Bowbrook School — renamed Hartlebury Independent School in 1999, then Hartlebury School in 2000. In 2007, it became a charitable organisation. Then in 2008 it was re-launched in its new form.{{cite news| title = Independent school to feature in BBC shows| author = Sally Jones | work = Worcester News | date = 2007-05-30| url = http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/search/1433811.Independent_school_to_feature_in_BBC_shows/}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.newelizabethanschool.co.uk/ |title=New Elizabethan School |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032228/http://www.newelizabethanschool.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093v75 Wonderland, Series 1: The Woman Who Bought a School For Her Son]

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The house later known as The Worcestershire House was a very old house in Hartlebury, dismantled and re-assembled at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, USA, in 1992. The John Smith (Smyth or Smythe) family built it in the 1630s. An example of the Tudor frame variety of Timber framing construction, it was dismantled in 1970 and shipped.American Frontier Culture Foundation. 1998. Traditional Timberframing: The Worcestershire House- A Catalog of the Exhibit Prepared by the Research & Collections Department and Curated by Vivian Lea Stevens to Celebrate the Completion of the Worcestershire House, May 1993. Frontier Museum Heritage Books: Staunton, Virginia. Pages 4-5.

• Henry Eliot Howard, ornithologist, conducted much of his research in the grounds of his home, 'Clareland', which is extant, and is Grade II listed.{{cite journal |last=Lowe |first=Percy R.

|date=1941 |title=Henry Eliot Howard. An Appreciation. |journal=British Birds

|volume=34 |pages=195–197 |url=https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/obituary-henry-eliot-howard-an-appreciation/

|access-date=2019-06-10 }} (Also available via [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48365872 BHL].){{cite web |title=Clareland, Hartlebury - 1215681 |url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215681 |publisher=Historic England |access-date=10 August 2020 }}

• Daniel J. Collins, musician, grew up here. His notable works include his debut album '[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM-owEzoP3miw5CLYVDXhZK4sxHn3vZTU The Parallel Universe]' – released 25 March 2024. He took part in Bewdley Youth Festival's Wyre Forest Young Musician of The Year awards 2024 where he received best 'Solo Instrumentalist'.{{Cite web |title=Wyre Forest Young Musician of the Year Competition |url=https://bewdleyfestival.org.uk/our-events/bewdley-youth-festival/wyre-forest-young-musician-of-the-year-competition/ |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=Bewdley Festival}}

• Hartlebury Common
• List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)

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