James Kyle Dall was the first headmaster of

Elmfield College Elmfield College, York (1864–1932), originally called Connexional College or Jubilee College (or School) in honour of the Primitive Methodist Silver Jubilee in 1860, was a Primitive Methodist college on the outskirts of Heworth, York, Engla ...

, Heworth, York (Booth 1990:29). Born at Preston in Lancashire, the son of John Dall, he entered Trinity College Dublin in October 1845Alumni Dublinenses, 1924. at the age of 21, and graduated BA in 1850. He had been a schoolmaster in Leeds before moving to Elmfield, where he worked closely with

John Petty John Petty may refer to: *John Petty (priest) (1935–2017), Anglican provost and Dean of Coventry * John Petty (Primitive Methodist minister) (1807–1868), 19th-century author and Primitive Methodist minister and first governor of Elmfield Colleg ...

, its first Governor.

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