Misses Wall School, Lightcliffe

This was a day school for young ladies run by Misses Wall, the daughters of George Wall.

The school was at

• North Parade, Halifax [1831]
• Making Place, Soyland [1832]
• the family home Yew Cottage, Lightcliffe [1837, 1841, 1845]
• Green House, Lightcliffe [1850]
• The Wall family home at Hipperholme [1851]

In 1841, the school was at the family home, Yew Cottage, Lightcliffe. The ladies of the family who were (possibly) involved in the School included

• Ann
• Mary
• Eliza
• Susanna who was listed as a Teacher

Pupils listed included

• Hannah Balme [b 1829]
• Sophia Firth [b 1829]
• Martha Hartley [b 1829]
• Margaret Buckley [b 1830]
• William Burkit [b 1827]
• James Stopford [b 1830]
• Mary Hartley [b 1831]
• Elemer Hudson [b 1831]
• Hannah Murgatroyd [b 1832]
• Mary Dixon
• Alice Dixon

and staff

• Rebecca Longfield [b 1821]
• Hannah Fletcher [b 1821]
• Charles Rhodes [b 1826]

In 1845, it was listed as a ladies' boarding school.

In 1851, the census shows only the address Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse, where

• Alice Wall born Staffordshire, is listed as Ladies B  School
• Ann Law [b 1829] born Leicestershire, England Teacher

and boarders

• Elizabeth Sutcliffe [b 1836] from Halifax
• Emma J. Shaw [b 1837] from Halifax
• Eliza Greenwood [b 1841] from Bradford

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