Marjorie Southgate, who taught generations of pupils at Cockermouth Grammar School and died in 2010 (Image: Submitted)A purpose-built Free Grammar School was erected in 1676 near All Saints Church. Pupils from Cockermouth Grammar School in 1945-46 (Image: Submitted)For more than two centuries the grammar school was one of the principal educational establishments in the area. The building most people now associate with Cockermouth Grammar School began life as the Cumberland Industrial School for Boys. Cockermouth Grammar School rugby team in 1971 (Image: Newsquest)In 1958, nearby Derwent School opened as a secondary modern school on Castlegate Drive. Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Cockermouth Grammar School in 1977 (Image: T&S Nostalgia)National educational policy gradually moved away from selective education, and in 1984 Cockermouth Grammar School merged with Derwent School to create the comprehensive Cockermouth School.