The lands with which the chantries were endowed are predominantly in Dorset, specifically in the manors of:

On 24 October 1851 Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby, owner of nearby Sherborne Castle, gave to the governors of the school a plot of land, measuring just under 1+1/2 acre, including the remaining old monastic buildings, though these had been converted for use as a silk mill c1740. This more than doubled the size of the school site and