"SI PROPRIVS STETERIS FLAGRAS SI LONGIVS ALGES" - translation given as "If you stand too near you burn If too far away you freeze. Other inscriptions possibly "Terriera (?) Vide" = 'Observe the earthly things'; "Caelcftia Crede" - 'Think in a…
High Sunderland Hall was a manor house, built c. 1600 just outside Halifax, and demolished in 1951 after falling into dereliction. Originally a timbered house, a striking stone frontage was added in the 17th century. Early residents played exciting…
The front of the house showing the main doorway. High Sunderland Hall was a manor house, built c 1600 just outside Halifax, and demolished in 1951 after falling into dereliction. The house is perhaps best known for having supposedly provided Emily…
Grade II* listed building.
Substantial remains of an early C16 timber-framed open hall, encased in stone in the
early C17 with added porch dated 1676, restored with some rebuilding c.1975.
3-room through passage plan with rear kitchen wing. Double…
Situated on the moors between Haworth and Walshaw, this farmhouse has been associated with Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights". The buildings, even when complete, bore no resemblance to the house she described, but the situation may have been…
NAME: BANKS MILL
LOCATION: Midgelden Clough
REF: CD17
GRID REF: 903 237
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 18C/early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Situated in the upper part of Midgelden Clough, this was the…
NAME: SOYLAND MILL
LOCATION: Severhills Clough
REF: RY 25
GRID REF: 034 210
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early-mid 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Named as Soyland Mill on the First Series OS…
NAME: PEEL HOUSE MILLS
LOCATION: Near Peel House
REF: LD 8
GRID REF: 043 268
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Early-mid 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Very little remains of this mill, demolished nearly twenty…
NAME: DEAN MILLS
LOCATION: Booth
REF: LD 7
GRID REF: 044 274
CLASSIFICATION: A
CONDITION: Ruins
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 18C/early 19C
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: There was probably a fulling mill in this vicinity as far back as the…
NAME: SPRING MILL
LOCATION: Booth Wood
REF: RY 3
GRID REF: 035 168
CLASSIFICATION: C
CONDITION: Derelict
APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Mid 19C (site earlier)
DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: The bottom of the group of four mills at Booth Wood,…