Recent History

In 2005 High Wray was the first village hall in the country to be fitted with an Air Source Heat Pump. Follow the link for more information on
How the Air Source Heat Pump works ...
Thanks for funding and assistance go to National Energy Action ww.nea.org.uk Carl Glynn (Village Halls Advisor) www.ruralcumbria.org
Elizabeth Bruce from CLAREN (Cumbria & Lancashire Renewables)
the LDNPA Lake District National Park Authority sustainability fund,
The Hadfield Trust and The Frieda Scott Trust

History

In the early 1840’s the Wilson family of High Wray House raised enough money to build a schoolhouse in part of their orchard and then by annual subscriptions to ensure it’s maintenance. The schoolhouse was a plain building with the schoolroom on the ground floor and above it three living rooms for the teacher and his wife.

Eventually the numbers shrank and the school was closed but was later reopened by the Dawson family who built Wray Castle. The School Board of 1877 condemned the schoolhouse. Money was raised through concerts, bazaars and donations to pay for a replacement building which was erected in 1886 and cost £362 18s 3d. In 1904 the county wanted to close the school and transport the children to Hawkshead by trap. However the school was reprieved and survived until 1931 when the children were transferred to Hawkshead School and the building became High Wray Village Hall.