The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
The long, rambling and oddly-shaped old building occupies a somewhat obscure site directly beneath St George’s Church at Quarry Hill. No connected story…
Arthur Comfort, born in London in 1864, became a master wood engraver. He worked for some years on "The Graphic", the National illustrated journal, and exhibited his work at the Royal Academy and abroad. Around 1900 he moved north and began work as a…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Formerly approached through a dignified gateway, now demolished. The property, now divided into six cottages, has over its old doorway the initials of…
Seen from Hall Street North, it is an Old Boothtown landmark which was exempted from demolition in the area because of its historical and architectural interest.
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Under the hills on the Stainland side and overlooking the Blackburn Valley. It is said that Bradley Hall was the cradle of the Saviles. Originally the…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Few homesteads are more pleasantly situated than Brearley Hall, which stands on an eminence between Mytholmroyd and Luddenden Foot. Antiquaries tell us…
The sketch and description were originally published in The Halifax Courier in 1912-1913.
Broadbottom, a cluster of houses rather than a single homestead is an ancient settlement on the Wadsworth side of Calder Valley, on the edge of the wood…