Skip to main content

Making Peace Hall Academy: CM.156-2004

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Making Peace Hall Academy

Description

Making Peace Hall Academy, Soyland, near Halifax, 1855, engraved silver medal, ‘making place hall academy decr. 1855’ and ‘Presented to Mastr. W. Cryer, for his Services as captain of No. 1 Division.’, circular disc in silver frame with suspension loop, 47mm. Bought from Christopher Eimer.Making Place Academy was a progressive commercial college at Making Place Hall, Soyland, near Halifax, Yorks., opened in January 1832 by William Dove (1807-65) for 12 pupils. The school may have been involved with the introduction of Pitman's shorthand. Mrs Dove attended to the domestic tasks at the school. At one time, there were 200 pupils – from all parts of the world – and a staff of 20. Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith was an old boy of the school. After Dove's death, T. K. Holdsworth ran the school, but the establishment declined and it closed in 1880

Notes

History note: Under Review

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2004-03-01) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.156-2004
Primary reference Number: 254660
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 26 October 2020 Updated: Friday 23 July 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Making Peace Hall Academy" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/254660 Accessed: 2024-11-29 01:28:56

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/254660 |title=Making Peace Hall Academy |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-29 01:28:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-254660

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...