This is the Simmons Lane / Shaw Lane bridge near the Holdsworth Bridge Signal Box just south of Halifax Station and the entrance into the goods reception sidings.
Photo taken from above the top of the south portal of Beacon Hill Tunnel Too grainy to make out much detail but the GNR platforms to the front of the station building do seem to be there but difficult to make out if the Queensbury Line is.
Looking north towards Halifax Station with Dryclough Junction Signal Box in the distance. To the right the 1844 M&LR line coming up from the Calder Valley Main Line at Salterhebble which was closed 1988 and re-opened 2000. On the left the WRU line…
During the course of the 18th century Halifax came to occupy a prominent place in West Yorkshire as a cloth market, and the Piece Hall, opened in 1779, is a striking monument to the pre-factory age. ‘Pieces’ or lengths of cloth, handwoven in Pennine…
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…