1603756883000 1603715506000 Standard Record object-254660 1750183536925 1750153371000 1750183518120 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-254660 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/254660 be439ef6-a7e7-337d-b1d1-9aa9e1fa94f3 9 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal Coins and Medals 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 CM.156-2004 1 accession number CM.156-2004 254660 priref 254660 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/254660 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/254660 reference agent-149639 adlib-agent-149639 b338bf26-01b0-3028-82ba-445646a99798 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-149645 adlib-agent-149645 10925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14d The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 2004 2004 2004-03-01 given reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal history note Under Review reference agent-149639 adlib-agent-149639 b338bf26-01b0-3028-82ba-445646a99798 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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