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- DPC00299
Postcard dated November 1907
- DPC00511
The massed crowds on this fantastic images are here for a presentation of the Freedom of the Borough. Presumably it was presented to Pte R Burton, the Duke of Wellington (whose regiment many of the local men who joined the army will have entered) is…
Halifax, multi view postcard - DPC00220
Postcard dated February 1913.
Skircoat Green - DPC00605
The view along this road is little changed today apart from the type and amount, of traffic. trams ran in the town and surrounding villages from 1898 until 1939.
A Floodlit Ryburn Dam, Halifax - DPC00149
Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water. Started in 1925 it was completed in 1933 and has…
Abbot's Homes , Halifax - DPC00625
Named after John Abbot, these ladies' homes are in the Skircoat Green area of Halifax. Postcard dated 1911.
Abbott's Homes, Halifax - DPC00137
Just a short distance from Halifax’s busy town centre sits John Abbotts Ladies Home, the complex of Grade II listed buildings set around landscaped gardens at Skircoat Green Road is part of the Almshouses Association. There are 14 properties in all…
Akroyd Park Mansion, Halifax - DPC00148
The mansion, a Grade 11 listed building, was sold by Colonel Akroyd to Halifax Corporation in 1887. It now forms Bankfield branch library and museum.
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00337
The house on the left of this picture was originally the home of Colonel Akroyd, a Halifax industrialist.
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00445
This park is next to what is now Bankfield Museum. This grand house was once the residence of Colonel Akroyd, a wealthy mill owner who built houses for his workers nearby in Boothtown and at Copley, near Sowerby Bridge. Postcard dated August 1907.
Akroyd Park, Halifax - DPC00447
This park is next to what is now Bankfield Museum. This grand house was once the residence of Colonel Akroyd, a wealthy mill owner who built houses for his workers nearby in Boothtown and at Copley, near Sowerby Bridge. It seems it was a popular…
Albert Park, Halifax - DPC00349
Known locally as Sparrow Park, this relatively small patch of grass at the junction of Heath Road and Skircoat Road is dominated by a memorial to Prince Albert, paid for by public subscription following the Prince’s death in December 1861.
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Albert Statue, Skircoat Green Road, Halifax - DPC00289
Postcard dated 1915.
Alexandra Bridge, Halifax - DPC00461
This idyllic looking spot is in Triangle which is near Sowerby Bridge and the road out to Lancashire. The elegant lady is perfectly positioned on the bridge.
All Saints' Church, Salterhebble, Halifax - DPC00347
Postcard dated 1918. In November 1996, All Saints' celebrated the 150th anniversary. The infant Church of England parish was one of the new districts resulting from Sir Robert Peel's New Parishes Act of 1843, designed to make pastoral and other…
All Souls Church and Akroyd park , Halifax - DPC00361
The mill chimneys and factories of Halifax can be seen in the background of this photograph. The former home of Colonel Akroyd (after whom the park is named), Bankfield House is now owned by Calderdale Council and houses a library, a museum and the…
Bankfield Museum, Halifax - DPC00367
This ornate building was once the home of Colonel Akroyd and is now owned by Calderdale Council. As well as being a museum today, it houses a library and the regimental museum of the Duke of Wellington Regiment. Postcard dated 1916.
Belle Vue Mansion, Halifax - DPC00331
The war memorial was moved from here to adjacent to the Minsteer in 1980.