23/08/2026
Holland Heritage
JOHN HARROX
Moulton residents will be familiar today with the name of former resident JOHN HARROX - even though he died in 1561. He had been steward to Sir John Harrington of neighbouring Weston.
In his will he made provision for the building of a GRAMMAR SCHOOL in the village, which was duly built in 1562, catering initially for just 10 pupils. The school flourished over the centuries. It amalgamated with Spalding Grammar School in 1939, at which point the establishment in Moulton closed.
One of the old Grammar School buildings still exists, standing proudly in the village green. Now a private dwelling, HARROX HOUSE was built in the late 1700s.
The name Harrox lives on in other parts of Moulton:
HARROX ROAD, a modern housing estate, JOHN HARROX PRIMARY SCHOOL and MOULTON HARROX SPORTS FIELD.